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And he was really concernedthat there might be some, you know, negative ramificationsfrom...

And he was really concerned
that there might be some, you know, negative ramifications
from releasing this game to the public, and felt that
the game should be canceled

Full Transcript

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And he was really concerned that there might be some,
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you know, negative ramifications from releasing this game
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to the public, and felt that the game should be canceled.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:47
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.
- With the coin-op business, - Insert Coin 00:07
- With the coin-op business,
With the home business, once you sell the cartridge, - Insert Coin 00:09
With the home business, once you sell the cartridge,
And it was a crappy game, okay, you made your money. - Insert Coin 00:05
And it was a crappy game, okay, you made your money.
And if that game sucked, the second quarter - Insert Coin 00:06
And if that game sucked, the second quarter
And in our case, we wouldn't even get out of the test phase. - Insert Coin 00:05
And in our case, we wouldn't even get out of the test p...
- We had this magic number of like $700. - Insert Coin 00:04
- We had this magic number of like $700.
That would be, if we could do that, - Insert Coin 00:06
That would be, if we could do that,
- So we put it out there. - Insert Coin 00:04
- So we put it out there.
You know, we were drinking champagne - Insert Coin 00:05
You know, we were drinking champagne
I was like [laughs], these guys walk in. - Insert Coin 00:05
I was like [laughs], these guys walk in.
They're like, oh, check this out, you know, - Insert Coin 00:05
They're like, oh, check this out, you know,
And just this whole new world of kind of like reality. - Insert Coin 00:05
And just this whole new world of kind of like reality.
No one had ever seen anything like that - Insert Coin 00:04
No one had ever seen anything like that
- Even with all of the problems in the software and stuff, - Insert Coin 00:05
- Even with all of the problems in the software and stuff,
And we're like we've done it! [triumphant video game music] - Insert Coin 00:05
And we're like we've done it! [triumphant video ga...
Yeah, that was the first time that we actually started - Insert Coin 00:06
Yeah, that was the first time that we actually started
I think then management all of the sudde - Insert Coin 00:08
I think then management all of the sudde
"Maybe we should actually plan to build this game - Insert Coin 00:09
"Maybe we should actually plan to build this game
It's manufactured by a company in Chicago - Insert Coin 00:05
It's manufactured by a company in Chicago
And it's currently the number one video arcade game - Insert Coin 00:04
And it's currently the number one video arcade game