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Trailer
Once Upon Atari
5.7
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2h 0m
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2003
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Released
Overview
In the late 70s and early 80s, ET phoned home on Atari 2600 and became the video game that New Media magazine later described as having toppled a billion dollar industry. We know the industry rose again as a pale, commercial version of its old self, but… did you ever wonder what it was like back in the wild days when the titans of gaming clashed, not on Wall Street, but inside the minds of designers? Want to learn first hand how the barren valley south of The Bay gave birth to cult celebrity that died as quickly as it was born? Take the ride with the folks who made it happen. Walk on walls, smoke the evil weed, and plunge head first into the uncharted (undocumented) world that was game production back in the bad old days.

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Larry Anderson Jr. poster
Larry Anderson Jr.
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Marlin Bates, IV poster
Marlin Bates, IV
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Nolan Bushnell poster
Nolan Bushnell
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Jerome Domurat poster
Jerome Domurat
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Clint Dyer poster
Clint Dyer
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Tod Frye poster
Tod Frye
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Rob Fulop poster
Rob Fulop
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Jim Huether poster
Jim Huether
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Larry Kaplan poster
Larry Kaplan
Interviewee
George Kiss poster
George Kiss
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Suki Lee poster
Suki Lee
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Eric Manghise poster
Eric Manghise
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Carla Meninsky poster
Carla Meninsky
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Alan Murphy poster
Alan Murphy
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Bob Polaro poster
Bob Polaro
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Bob Poniatowski poster
Bob Poniatowski
Interviewee
Adrian Roberts poster
Adrian Roberts
Interviewee
Bob Smith poster
Bob Smith
Interviewee
Dave Staugas poster
Dave Staugas
Interviewee
Brad Stewart poster
Brad Stewart
Interviewee

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