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And it took all of the arcade mechanics out
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And it took all of thearcade mechanics out

And it took all of the
arcade mechanics out

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And it took all of the arcade mechanics out.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:36:28
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
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documentary
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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.
It took the ways that we percentaged games, - Insert Coin 00:05
It took the ways that we percentaged games,
Certainly, consumer development is a lot more complex - Insert Coin 00:10
Certainly, consumer development is a lot more complex
But that did change what Midway was for all those years - Insert Coin 00:08
But that did change what Midway was for all those years
- When you look at it sort of in the grand scheme of things, - Insert Coin 00:05
- When you look at it sort of in the grand scheme of things,
My career at Midway spanned, I think, - Insert Coin 00:06
My career at Midway spanned, I think,
And I experienced the rebirth and then the death - Insert Coin 00:07
And I experienced the rebirth and then the death
It was like a dark cave filled with simulators - Insert Coin 00:14
It was like a dark cave filled with simulators
You know, any fantasy that you could have - Insert Coin 00:06
You know, any fantasy that you could have
- Whenever you think of arcade style, - Insert Coin 00:10
- Whenever you think of arcade style,
- You cannot plan that coalescing of the talent. - Insert Coin 00:05
- You cannot plan that coalescing of the talent.
Just the way everybody came together, - Insert Coin 00:07
Just the way everybody came together,
Nobody planned that. Nobody wrote on a - Insert Coin 00:05
Nobody planned that. Nobody wrote on a
Guy from Michigan, guy from California, guy from Illinois. - Insert Coin 00:05
Guy from Michigan, guy from California, guy from Illinois.
And as they're, they went through their life, - Insert Coin 00:11
And as they're, they went through their life,
"Wouldn't it be interesting if you could do that?" - Insert Coin 00:19
"Wouldn't it be interesting if you could do that?&...
It was the perfect balance between gore and competitiveness - Insert Coin 00:08
It was the perfect balance between gore and competitiveness
Be toe to toe against all kinds of different people - Insert Coin 00:06
Be toe to toe against all kinds of different people
I would tell my mom I'm going to church all of a sudden - Insert Coin 00:11
I would tell my mom I'm going to church all of a sudden
She didn't know why I loved church so much - Insert Coin 00:35
She didn't know why I loved church so much
...a videogame based on skateboarding?" - Insert Coin 00:22
...a videogame based on skateboarding?"