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The idea of taking actualimages, video images, and getting theminto a video game, that was...

The idea of taking actual
images, video images, and getting them
into a video game, that was kind of revolutionary

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The idea of taking actual images, video images,
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and getting them into a video game,
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that was kind of revolutionary.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:32
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
- The only thing that had happened like this prior - Insert Coin 00:05
- The only thing that had happened like this prior
They actually like digitized the heads of five frames - Insert Coin 00:06
They actually like digitized the heads of five frames
A normal company, right, would go out and buy - Insert Coin 00:08
A normal company, right, would go out and buy
He's like, "Yeah, go out, I bought a camera at Target." - Insert Coin 00:09
He's like, "Yeah, go out, I bought a camera at Tar...
That's what we had, right, it was [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:11
That's what we had, right, it was [laughs]
And teaching actors how to be a video game character. - Insert Coin 00:06
And teaching actors how to be a video game character.
And to my mind, nobody had done that up to that point. - Insert Coin 00:04
And to my mind, nobody had done that up to that point.
- Jack Haeger approached me one day and said, - Insert Coin 00:07
- Jack Haeger approached me one day and said,
"I think you'd be perfect for it." - Insert Coin 00:12
"I think you'd be perfect for it."
I don't think it hit me till decades lat - Insert Coin 00:05
I don't think it hit me till decades lat
And I asked, okay, we're, - Insert Coin 00:07
And I asked, okay, we're,
And I said, "Okay, when a player fires the rocket launcher, - Insert Coin 00:09
And I said, "Okay, when a player fires the rocket launc...
"These are real people." - Insert Coin 00:05
"These are real people."
I mean, I guess this was one of the first body part games. - Insert Coin 00:05
I mean, I guess this was one of the first body part games.
- I remember George was like, - Insert Coin 00:04
- I remember George was like,
"It's so cool!" - Insert Coin 00:11
"It's so cool!"
"But do you think that's a good thing to put - Insert Coin 00:14
"But do you think that's a good thing to put
Any family, any age could walk in without concern. - Insert Coin 00:06
Any family, any age could walk in without concern.
- And this escalated into a huge argumen - Insert Coin 00:07
- And this escalated into a huge argumen
And all I'm saying is, - Insert Coin 00:07
And all I'm saying is,