Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video   Games

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

7 | 2006-11-15 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Bob Waldman Director
Bob Waldman Writer

Cast

Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell
Himself - Video Game Engineer
Bill Griffeth
Bill Griffeth
Himself - Narrator
Ralph H. Baer
Ralph H. Baer
Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
Howard Lincoln
Howard Lincoln
Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
Michael Katz
Michael Katz
Himself - Former President, Sega America
Tom Kalinske
Tom Kalinske
Himself - Former President, Sega America
Kaz Hirai
Kaz Hirai
Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Al Alcorn
Al Alcorn
Himself - Pong Inventor
Alan Miller
Alan Miller
Himself - Atari Game Designer

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