Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
2006, English. Directed by Bob Waldman.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
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Cast & crew
- Bob WaldmanDirector
- Nolan BushnellHimself - Video Game Engineer
- Bill GriffethHimself - Narrator
- Ralph H. BaerHimself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
- Howard LincolnHimself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
- Michael KatzHimself - Former President, Sega America
- Tom KalinskeHimself - Former President, Sega America
- Kaz HiraiHimself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
- Al AlcornHimself - Pong Inventor
- Alan MillerHimself - Atari Game Designer
Details
- Released
- 15 November 2006
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Bob Waldman
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Who directed Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games?
Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games (2006) was directed by Bob Waldman and stars Nolan Bushnell, Bill Griffeth, Ralph H. Baer.