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And that was largely up to the game designerto pay attention to moments in the game where...

And that was largely up to the game designer
to pay attention to moments in the game where you might want
to lock down a player, and you might want to give
them a greater challenge

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And that was largely
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up to the game designer to pay attention
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to moments in the game
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where you might want to lock down a player,
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and you might want to give them a greater challenge.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:20
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.
And if you're like crushed by some little guy, - Insert Coin 00:12
And if you're like crushed by some little guy,
But if it's some monstrous guy that's 30 feet tall - Insert Coin 00:11
But if it's some monstrous guy that's 30 feet tall
I mean, obviously he's gonna kill me a few times - Insert Coin 00:04
I mean, obviously he's gonna kill me a few times
- Arcade games were built around - Insert Coin 00:06
- Arcade games were built around
It's like, aw man, I was hoodwinked for decades. - Insert Coin 00:04
It's like, aw man, I was hoodwinked for decades.
Like people complain about mobile game microtransactions, - Insert Coin 00:08
Like people complain about mobile game microtransactions,
- Supposedly, within SmashTV, was this - Insert Coin 00:09
- Supposedly, within SmashTV, was this
I just kind of did it on a whim - Insert Coin 00:12
I just kind of did it on a whim
It didn't make sense to just shun people - Insert Coin 00:08
It didn't make sense to just shun people
[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains - Insert Coin 00:11
[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains
- So when Ken Fedesna found out that I had done that - Insert Coin 00:15
- So when Ken Fedesna found out that I had done that
But of course, not every distributor or arcade owner - Insert Coin 00:09
But of course, not every distributor or arcade owner
- You know, with a lot of things that happened - Insert Coin 00:06
- You know, with a lot of things that happened
But if the game ended up doing well, - Insert Coin 00:09
But if the game ended up doing well,
"Don't do that again." - Insert Coin 00:04
"Don't do that again."
[Ernest Cline] - So I managed to find a guy - Insert Coin 00:12
[Ernest Cline] - So I managed to find a guy
And he somehow found a version of the ROM chips - Insert Coin 00:07
And he somehow found a version of the ROM chips
I remember getting this chip in the mail - Insert Coin 00:07
I remember getting this chip in the mail
And then finally, finally, I reached the Pleasure Domes. - Insert Coin 00:04
And then finally, finally, I reached the Pleasure Domes.
And it was really just a bunch of like girls in bikini icons - Insert Coin 00:06
And it was really just a bunch of like girls in bikini icons