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Apparently, therewas at the time a pitch for a Star Wars game

Apparently, there
was at the time a pitch for a Star Wars game

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- Apparently, there was at the time a pitch
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for a Star Wars game.
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:31:22
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
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.
And when we started talking about - Insert Coin 00:06
And when we started talking about
They needed to shift gears out of Mortal Kombat - Insert Coin 00:06
They needed to shift gears out of Mortal Kombat
And I really believe that that's what The Grid became. - Insert Coin 00:04
And I really believe that that's what The Grid became.
The Grid was a six-player competitive death match game - Insert Coin 00:11
The Grid was a six-player competitive death match game
- And then it had all these sensibilities - Insert Coin 00:06
- And then it had all these sensibilities
- You've got two minutes to get five points. - Insert Coin 00:05
- You've got two minutes to get five points.
Mike Mika - It was trying to be this thing that was creating - Insert Coin 00:07
Mike Mika - It was trying to be this thing that was creating
It had all the makings and the trimmings - Insert Coin 00:07
It had all the makings and the trimmings
- We'll get people here that it's like, - Insert Coin 00:12
- We'll get people here that it's like,
And you can see that there's a joy in that game, - Insert Coin 00:08
And you can see that there's a joy in that game,
I always see it as sort of Ed Boon's vacation game - Insert Coin 00:08
I always see it as sort of Ed Boon's vacation game
Grid earned terribly as a single unit. - Insert Coin 00:04
Grid earned terribly as a single unit.
If you had four or the six units togethe - Insert Coin 00:09
If you had four or the six units togethe
So now in order to get the earnings, - Insert Coin 00:07
So now in order to get the earnings,
- You know, the operators expected every game - Insert Coin 00:07
- You know, the operators expected every game
There was no way that every game was going to come out - Insert Coin 00:05
There was no way that every game was going to come out
- All management wanted to do was just, - Insert Coin 00:04
- All management wanted to do was just,
Basically, if they could have stamped ou - Insert Coin 00:07
Basically, if they could have stamped ou
- We went to the well too many times with the same mechanics - Insert Coin 00:07
- We went to the well too many times with the same mechanics
- But it was in the late '90s I saw the warning signs - Insert Coin 00:09
- But it was in the late '90s I saw the warning signs