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WilliamsElectronics iscurrently developing an arcade-based, four-playervideo basketball...

[Announcer] Williams
Electronics is
currently developing an arcade-based, four-player
video basketball game, one which employs lifelike
digitized graphics

Full Transcript

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- [Announcer] Williams Electronics is currently developing
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an arcade-based, four-player video basketball game,
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one which employs lifelike digitized graphics.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:31
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.
First, basketball players are videotaped in the studio - Insert Coin 00:06
First, basketball players are videotaped in the studio
Artists digitize this footage into individual frames, - Insert Coin 00:13
Artists digitize this footage into individual frames,
Well, the NBA's immediate reaction was, - Insert Coin 00:06
Well, the NBA's immediate reaction was,
Their kind of understanding or perception - Insert Coin 00:11
Their kind of understanding or perception
And they did not want the NBA logo presented - Insert Coin 00:07
And they did not want the NBA logo presented
- I remember a comment internally - Insert Coin 00:10
- I remember a comment internally
The NBA will continue whether they do a game with us or not. - Insert Coin 00:04
The NBA will continue whether they do a game with us or not.
- So our video guy, once again, he said, - Insert Coin 00:11
- So our video guy, once again, he said,
We sent that back to the NBA - Insert Coin 00:07
We sent that back to the NBA
They accepted that, they understood, - Insert Coin 00:06
They accepted that, they understood,
- Understand and appreciate that there's never been - Insert Coin 00:06
- Understand and appreciate that there's never been
- Well, the logistics of getting all the players - Insert Coin 00:18
- Well, the logistics of getting all the players
- We figured out a system for using - Insert Coin 00:13
- We figured out a system for using
[Mark Turmell] - And so Shawn Liptak trimmed off a head - Insert Coin 00:12
[Mark Turmell] - And so Shawn Liptak trimmed off a head
- There were 16 different head angles that we had to use, - Insert Coin 00:13
- There were 16 different head angles that we had to use,
- And again, this is before the internet - Insert Coin 00:08
- And again, this is before the internet
So we were looking at VHS tapes - Insert Coin 00:13
So we were looking at VHS tapes
We got, you know, everybody from around - Insert Coin 00:05
We got, you know, everybody from around
And then there was one guy that we worked with, - Insert Coin 00:07
And then there was one guy that we worked with,
And we're like, "Hey Sheridan, you want us to shoot you - Insert Coin 00:05
And we're like, "Hey Sheridan, you want us to shoo...