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[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains
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- I rememberjust feeding mountains of tokens and quartersinto SmashTV in the arcade...

[Ernest Cline] - I remember
just feeding mountains of tokens and quarters
into SmashTV in the arcade trying to get to the
Pleasure Dome and could never make it there

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[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains
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of tokens and quarters into SmashTV in the arcade
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trying to get to the Pleasure Dome
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and could never make it there.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:56
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.
- So when Ken Fedesna found out that I had done that - Insert Coin 00:15
- So when Ken Fedesna found out that I had done that
But of course, not every distributor or arcade owner - Insert Coin 00:09
But of course, not every distributor or arcade owner
- You know, with a lot of things that happened - Insert Coin 00:06
- You know, with a lot of things that happened
But if the game ended up doing well, - Insert Coin 00:09
But if the game ended up doing well,
"Don't do that again." - Insert Coin 00:04
"Don't do that again."
[Ernest Cline] - So I managed to find a guy - Insert Coin 00:12
[Ernest Cline] - So I managed to find a guy
And he somehow found a version of the ROM chips - Insert Coin 00:07
And he somehow found a version of the ROM chips
I remember getting this chip in the mail - Insert Coin 00:07
I remember getting this chip in the mail
And then finally, finally, I reached the Pleasure Domes. - Insert Coin 00:04
And then finally, finally, I reached the Pleasure Domes.
And it was really just a bunch of like girls in bikini icons - Insert Coin 00:06
And it was really just a bunch of like girls in bikini icons
[triumphant video game music] - Insert Coin 00:07
[triumphant video game music]
...lame - Insert Coin 00:11
...lame
And if you never reached the Pleasure Domes, - Insert Coin 00:06
And if you never reached the Pleasure Domes,
It's just a, yeah, just shitty. - Insert Coin 00:04
It's just a, yeah, just shitty.
- There was a grittiness about producing product, - Insert Coin 00:11
- There was a grittiness about producing product,
We had water leaks, floods. - Insert Coin 00:04
We had water leaks, floods.
It was part of what Neil fostered, - Insert Coin 00:09
It was part of what Neil fostered,
- Yeah, being in Chicago, I think it comes out of the grit - Insert Coin 00:08
- Yeah, being in Chicago, I think it comes out of the grit
- I think it's a lot to do with the personalities - Insert Coin 00:12
- I think it's a lot to do with the personalities
- We weren't afraid and we weren't troubled by the idea - Insert Coin 00:22
- We weren't afraid and we weren't troubled by the...