Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

7.0

2006

1h 29m

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.

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

Key Crew

Director

Bob Waldman

Writers

Bob Waldman

Cast (9)

Nolan Bushnell

Himself - Video Game Engineer

Bill Griffeth

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