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And our marketing personcalled me at home and said, "Jack, are you availableon New Years...

And our marketing person
called me at home and said, "Jack, are you available
on New Years Da "to come downtown to the studio "and be interviewed by
Entertainment Tonight?" So I went down the next day,
and there was a reporter there, and the game was
there, and she was asking lots of questions
about the development

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And our marketing person called me at home and said,
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"Jack, are you available on New Years Da
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"to come downtown to the studio
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"and be interviewed by Entertainment Tonight?"
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So I went down the next day, and there was a reporter there,
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and the game was there, and she was asking
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lots of questions about the development.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:57
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.
Like, "How did you get Arnold into the game?" - Insert Coin 00:07
Like, "How did you get Arnold into the game?"
And right in the middle of it was a question - Insert Coin 00:07
And right in the middle of it was a question
"So in the game, you are shooting police officers. - Insert Coin 00:06
"So in the game, you are shooting police officers.
"How do you feel about that?" - Insert Coin 00:07
"How do you feel about that?"
[characters crying out] [shooting] - Insert Coin 00:17
[characters crying out] [shooting]
And I said I had family members who were in the police force - Insert Coin 00:08
And I said I had family members who were in the police force
And what it ended up being was kind of this real accusatory, - Insert Coin 00:37
And what it ended up being was kind of this real accusatory,
And maybe people that might not have been aware - Insert Coin 00:08
And maybe people that might not have been aware
So it worked to our advantage, ultimately - Insert Coin 00:04
So it worked to our advantage, ultimately
- By the early '90s, I mean, we were on a roll at Midway, - Insert Coin 00:11
- By the early '90s, I mean, we were on a roll at Midwa...
But as studio head, I really didn't have the cycles - Insert Coin 00:08
But as studio head, I really didn't have the cycles
A dream of mine was what's the next phase of the industry, - Insert Coin 00:06
A dream of mine was what's the next phase of the indust...
I could see that that was going to happen - Insert Coin 00:15
I could see that that was going to happen
I called Ken, I'm like, "Did I miss something?" [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:07
I called Ken, I'm like, "Did I miss something?&quo...
"I don't understand." - Insert Coin 00:08
"I don't understand."
"But they're gonna work on it out of house." - Insert Coin 00:07
"But they're gonna work on it out of house."
And you know, it was Turmell, Petro, Jack Haeger. - Insert Coin 00:05
And you know, it was Turmell, Petro, Jack Haeger.
- The first time I heard that, - Insert Coin 00:05
- The first time I heard that,
It's almost like your parent is leaving the house - Insert Coin 00:04
It's almost like your parent is leaving the house
- You know, in true Williams style, - Insert Coin 00:05
- You know, in true Williams style,