Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

Name: Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-11-15
Rating: 7

7.0(1)

1h 29m

2006

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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.

Release Date

November 15, 2006

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9 people

Nolan Bushnell

Himself - Video Game Engineer

Acting

Bill Griffeth

Himself - Narrator

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Ralph H. Baer

Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor

Acting

Howard Lincoln

Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America

Acting

Michael Katz

Himself - Former President, Sega America

Production

Tom Kalinske

Himself - Former President, Sega America

Acting

Kaz Hirai

Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America

Acting

Al Alcorn

Himself - Pong Inventor

Acting

Alan Miller

Himself - Atari Game Designer

Acting

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Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

Overview

Release Date

Watch Now

Reviews & Ratings

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

Sonic: The Birth of an Icon

My Mom Jayne

Making Squid Game: The Challenge

Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict

John Candy: I Like Me

FPS: First Person Shooter

Being James Bond

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Lemmy

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

Whitney

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

The Video Game Revolution

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

The Class of ‘92

Marvel's Behind the Mask

STREET FIGHTER SAGA ~Kakutou Bushiden~ Famitsu DVD Video

Sidney

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!

An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary

Tetris: From Russia with Love

Frag

The September Issue

Heart of a Dog

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution

Seduced and Abandoned