Once Upon Atari 2003
6.8 / 10
Once Upon Atari
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Interviewee
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Marlin Bates, IV... Interviewee
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Clint Dyer... Interviewee
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Tod Frye... Interviewee
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Release Date:
Aug 10, 2003
Run Time:
2hr
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Once Upon Atari
Directors & Credit Writers
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Cast
... Interviewee
MBI
Marlin Bates, IV... Interviewee
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CD
Clint Dyer... Interviewee
TF
Tod Frye... Interviewee
RF
Rob Fulop... Interviewee
JH
Jim Huether... Interviewee
LK
Larry Kaplan... Interviewee
GK
George Kiss... Interviewee
SL
Suki Lee... Interviewee
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AM
Alan Murphy... Interviewee
BP
Bob Polaro... Interviewee
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BS
Bob Smith... Interviewee
DS
Dave Staugas... Interviewee
BS
Brad Stewart... Interviewee
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