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[Announcer] Within months of appearing on the market
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Within monthsof appearing on the market in 1981, his game Defender shotto the top and...

[Announcer] Within months
of appearing on the market in 1981, his game Defender shot
to the top and stayed there

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- [Announcer] Within months of appearing on the market
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in 1981, his game Defender shot to the top and stayed there.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:02
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
For Williams, the company that owned it, - Insert Coin 00:06
For Williams, the company that owned it,
- Well, it's sort of the, it's the ultimate fantasy - Insert Coin 00:08
- Well, it's sort of the, it's the ultimate fantas...
- You'd go into a place, - Insert Coin 00:04
- You'd go into a place,
All this great stuff got kind of buried - Insert Coin 00:11
All this great stuff got kind of buried
- Anything was selling at the time, - Insert Coin 00:05
- Anything was selling at the time,
And at some point in time, - Insert Coin 00:05
And at some point in time,
- This year's hit is the next year's firewood. - Insert Coin 00:05
- This year's hit is the next year's firewood.
- It is, I mean three years from now, - Insert Coin 00:07
- It is, I mean three years from now,
- The consumer got disenchanted with what was going on - Insert Coin 00:06
- The consumer got disenchanted with what was going on
It affected how things were going on in the arcades - Insert Coin 00:06
It affected how things were going on in the arcades
- The whole video game crash, we just kind of like, - Insert Coin 00:05
- The whole video game crash, we just kind of like,
But I just couldn't get the video game thing out of my head. - Insert Coin 00:05
But I just couldn't get the video game thing out of my ...
So it was like, yeah, man, we gotta do a new game, - Insert Coin 00:06
So it was like, yeah, man, we gotta do a new game,
So back to working at what was known as Williams. - Insert Coin 00:06
So back to working at what was known as Williams.
I just remember him, before he started doing anything, - Insert Coin 00:12
I just remember him, before he started doing anything,
- Eugene came in and wasn't really prepared. - Insert Coin 00:05
- Eugene came in and wasn't really prepared.
And he wrote down on a big piece of paper, N-A-R-C. - Insert Coin 00:05
And he wrote down on a big piece of paper, N-A-R-C.
- Guy, you know, protecting the world from this scourge - Insert Coin 00:08
- Guy, you know, protecting the world from this scourge
I felt like video games was always - Insert Coin 00:05
I felt like video games was always
We're running around with swords - Insert Coin 00:06
We're running around with swords