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- When we started, I guessthere wasn't a clear sense of what we were going to do

[audience laughing] - When we started, I guess
there wasn't a clear sense of what we were going to do

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- When we started, I guess there wasn't a clear sense
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of what we were going to do.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:53
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
It was more let's develop a hardware and a software. - Insert Coin 00:04
It was more let's develop a hardware and a software.
- I always thought with video games, - Insert Coin 00:06
- I always thought with video games,
It was like, so what do you guys wanna do - Insert Coin 00:08
It was like, so what do you guys wanna do
I mean, they had just armies of incredibly talented artists. - Insert Coin 00:05
I mean, they had just armies of incredibly talented artists.
The idea of taking actual images, video images, - Insert Coin 00:10
The idea of taking actual images, video images,
- The only thing that had happened like this prior - Insert Coin 00:05
- The only thing that had happened like this prior
They actually like digitized the heads of five frames - Insert Coin 00:06
They actually like digitized the heads of five frames
A normal company, right, would go out and buy - Insert Coin 00:08
A normal company, right, would go out and buy
He's like, "Yeah, go out, I bought a camera at Target." - Insert Coin 00:09
He's like, "Yeah, go out, I bought a camera at Tar...
That's what we had, right, it was [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:11
That's what we had, right, it was [laughs]
And teaching actors how to be a video game character. - Insert Coin 00:06
And teaching actors how to be a video game character.
And to my mind, nobody had done that up to that point. - Insert Coin 00:04
And to my mind, nobody had done that up to that point.
- Jack Haeger approached me one day and said, - Insert Coin 00:07
- Jack Haeger approached me one day and said,
"I think you'd be perfect for it." - Insert Coin 00:12
"I think you'd be perfect for it."
I don't think it hit me till decades lat - Insert Coin 00:05
I don't think it hit me till decades lat
And I asked, okay, we're, - Insert Coin 00:07
And I asked, okay, we're,
And I said, "Okay, when a player fires the rocket launcher, - Insert Coin 00:09
And I said, "Okay, when a player fires the rocket launc...
"These are real people." - Insert Coin 00:05
"These are real people."
I mean, I guess this was one of the first body part games. - Insert Coin 00:05
I mean, I guess this was one of the first body part games.
- I remember George was like, - Insert Coin 00:04
- I remember George was like,