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"Maybe we should actuallyplan to build this game "at some point." - I don't know if they...

"Maybe we should actually
plan to build this game "at some point." - I don't know if they thought
about canceling the game, but it made so much money, I think that thought
kind of quickly vanished

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"Maybe we should actually plan to build this game
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"at some point."
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- I don't know if they thought about canceling the game,
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but it made so much money,
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I think that thought kind of quickly vanished.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:49
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.
It's manufactured by a company in Chicago - Insert Coin 00:05
It's manufactured by a company in Chicago
And it's currently the number one video arcade game - Insert Coin 00:04
And it's currently the number one video arcade game
But it was okay, because they were drug dealers [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:07
But it was okay, because they were drug dealers [laughs]
- I love the gore and the blood - Insert Coin 00:04
- I love the gore and the blood
Then when you hit people, they go flying through the air - Insert Coin 00:04
Then when you hit people, they go flying through the air
It was like fast sports cars, drug dealers - Insert Coin 00:06
It was like fast sports cars, drug dealers
[guns shooting] [characters yelling] - Insert Coin 00:18
[guns shooting] [characters yelling]
[characters yelling] [guns firing] - Insert Coin 00:06
[characters yelling] [guns firing]
- One of the things that Williams was so successful - Insert Coin 00:08
- One of the things that Williams was so successful
But in order to do that, creative people have a tendency - Insert Coin 00:08
But in order to do that, creative people have a tendency
But we tried to bring those people in - Insert Coin 00:06
But we tried to bring those people in
"He's flying in, his name's Mark Turmell - Insert Coin 00:11
"He's flying in, his name's Mark Turmell
- What's funny, the interview process in Chicago - Insert Coin 00:07
- What's funny, the interview process in Chicago
And I think I came in there with some white pants on - Insert Coin 00:07
And I think I came in there with some white pants on
- Pretty much the conclusion was this guy - Insert Coin 00:08
- Pretty much the conclusion was this guy
We said, "No, we're hiring Mark, - Insert Coin 00:12
We said, "No, we're hiring Mark,
- Even when I interviewed, - Insert Coin 00:07
- Even when I interviewed,
The dual joystick mechanic of Robotron i - Insert Coin 00:05
The dual joystick mechanic of Robotron i
- Crazy thing about Robotron, - Insert Coin 00:08
- Crazy thing about Robotron,
Yet no one copied it. - Insert Coin 00:04
Yet no one copied it.