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Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games (2006)

PG Nov 15, 2006 Documentary 1h 29m
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70%
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Internet Movie Database
66%

Overview

CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.

Bob Waldman
Director

Top Billed Cast

Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell

Himself - Video Game Engineer
Bill Griffeth
Bill Griffeth

Himself - Narrator
Ralph H. Baer
Ralph H. Baer

Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
Howard Lincoln
Howard Lincoln

Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
Michael Katz
Michael Katz

Himself - Former President, Sega America
Tom Kalinske
Tom Kalinske

Himself - Former President, Sega America
Kaz Hirai
Kaz Hirai

Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Al Alcorn
Al Alcorn

Himself - Pong Inventor
Alan Miller
Alan Miller

Himself - Atari Game Designer

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