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Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

Nov 15, 2006 · 1h 29m
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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.

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CAST

Nolan Bushnell
Himself - Video Game Engineer
Bill Griffeth
Himself - Narrator
Ralph H. Baer
Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
Howard Lincoln
Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
Michael Katz
Himself - Former President, Sega America
Tom Kalinske
Himself - Former President, Sega America
Kaz Hirai
Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Al Alcorn
Himself - Pong Inventor
Directed by Bob Waldman

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Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
US

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