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First time that we had seen in the arcade
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First time that wehad seen in the arcade, and these kids who areplaying the game already...

First time that we
had seen in the arcade, and these kids who are
playing the game already for a couple weeks had
seen, you know, On Fire, and slamming and
shattering the backboard and the guy just went, "Ah!" Raised his arms up in
the air, "Oh, hell no!" And ran around the
arcade, inside

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- First time that we had seen in the arcade,
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and these kids who are playing the game already
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for a couple weeks had seen, you know, On Fire,
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and slamming and shattering the backboard
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and the guy just went, "Ah!"
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Raised his arms up in the air, "Oh, hell no!"
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And ran around the arcade, inside.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:31
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.
Everybody was like, "Ah!" - Insert Coin 00:06
Everybody was like, "Ah!"
It's just such an iconic part of, - Insert Coin 00:09
It's just such an iconic part of,
[NBA Jam music] - Insert Coin 00:10
[NBA Jam music]
Or the computer will start missing shots a lot, - Insert Coin 00:05
Or the computer will start missing shots a lot,
So it doesn't allow the scores to get too far apart, - Insert Coin 00:08
So it doesn't allow the scores to get too far apart,
- If you're in the fourth quarter, - Insert Coin 00:21
- If you're in the fourth quarter,
- Rubberbanding is, - Insert Coin 00:16
- Rubberbanding is,
But also, it makes for really heightened moments - Insert Coin 00:05
But also, it makes for really heightened moments
- [Game] At the buzzer, he scores! - Insert Coin 00:04
- [Game] At the buzzer, he scores!
- We were getting calls about games that were broken. - Insert Coin 00:05
- We were getting calls about games that were broken.
I said, "What?" - Insert Coin 00:07
I said, "What?"
And to have a game that's not working, - Insert Coin 00:05
And to have a game that's not working,
- It had accumulated so many quarters, - Insert Coin 00:09
- It had accumulated so many quarters,
At all of our test locations, - Insert Coin 00:13
At all of our test locations,
- Jurassic Park was the biggest film at the time, - Insert Coin 00:07
- Jurassic Park was the biggest film at the time,
And that was a milestone that people said - Insert Coin 00:07
And that was a milestone that people said
And here comes NBA Jam, and Mark said, I said, - Insert Coin 00:08
And here comes NBA Jam, and Mark said, I said,
"NBA Jam made a billion dollars." - Insert Coin 00:16
"NBA Jam made a billion dollars."
- And when people were playing together, - Insert Coin 00:07
- And when people were playing together,
- Whereas some games are abstract, - Insert Coin 00:11
- Whereas some games are abstract,