Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games (2006)
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.
Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video GamesDocumentary
Cast
- Nolan Bushnell — Himself - Video Game Engineer
- Bill Griffeth — Himself - Narrator
- Ralph H. Baer — Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
- Howard Lincoln — Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
- 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
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