Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
2006 · 1h 29m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Bob Waldman
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Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
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.
Director and cast
- Bob Waldman Director
- Nolan Bushnell as Himself - Video Game Engineer
- Bill Griffeth as Himself - Narrator
- Ralph H. Baer as Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
- Howard Lincoln as Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
- Michael Katz as Himself - Former President, Sega America
- Tom Kalinske as Himself - Former President, Sega America
- Kaz Hirai as Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
- Al Alcorn as Himself - Pong Inventor
- Alan Miller as Himself - Atari Game Designer
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