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Supposedly, withinSmashTV, was this Pleasure Dome that never existed

Supposedly, within
SmashTV, was this Pleasure Dome that never existed

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- Supposedly, within SmashTV, was this
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Pleasure Dome that
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never existed.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:25
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.
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.
It was part of what Neil fostered, - Insert Coin 00:09
It was part of what Neil fostered,