CinemaOSMovie · 2006 · 1h 29m · PG

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

70%(1)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byBob Waldman

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
EN
Released
November 15, 2006

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Nolan Bushnell

Himself - Video Game Engineer

Bill Griffeth

Himself - Narrator

Ralph H. Baer

Ralph H. Baer

Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor

Howard Lincoln

Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America

Michael Katz

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

Alan Miller

Himself - Atari Game Designer

Creative team
Directed by
Bob Waldman
Written by
Bob Waldman

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