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Like people complain aboutmobile game microtransactions, but arcade games were doingthat...

Like people complain about
mobile game microtransactions, but arcade games were doing
that decades before that in way more nefarious ways

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Like people complain about mobile game microtransactions,
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but arcade games were doing that decades before that
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in way more nefarious ways.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:18
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.
- Supposedly, within SmashTV, was this - Insert Coin 00:09
- Supposedly, within SmashTV, was this
I just kind of did it on a whim - Insert Coin 00:12
I just kind of did it on a whim
It didn't make sense to just shun people - Insert Coin 00:08
It didn't make sense to just shun people
[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains - Insert Coin 00:11
[Ernest Cline] - I remember just feeding mountains
- 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.