Once Upon Atari (2003)
2h
Running Time
August 10, 2003Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Larry Anderson Jr.
Interviewee
Marlin Bates, IV
Interviewee
Tod Frye
Self (interviewee)
Nolan Bushnell
Interviewee
Rob Fulop
Self (interviewee)
Jerome Domurat
Interviewee / Graphic Designer
Howard Scott Warshaw
Director
Clint Dyer
Interviewee
Christopher Tin
Composer
Jim Huether
Interviewee
Larry Kaplan
Interviewee
George Kiss
Interviewee
Suki Lee
Interviewee
Eric Manghise
Interviewee
Carla Meninsky
Interviewee
Alan Murphy
Interviewee
Bob Polaro
Interviewee
Bob Poniatowski
Interviewee
Adrian Roberts
Interviewee
Bob Smith
Interviewee
Dave Staugas
Interviewee / Still Photographer
Brad Stewart
Interviewee
Rob Zdybel
Interviewee
Sydney J. DeSando
Camera Operator
Details.
Release DateAugust 10, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingNR
Genres
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