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Whereas somegames are abstract, or some people just don'twant to blast aliens, or they...

Whereas some
games are abstract, or some people just don't
want to blast aliens, or they don't want
to fight other people the idea of, it's
like basketball, but without all of
those pesky rules

Full Transcript

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- Whereas some games are abstract,
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or some people just don't want to blast aliens,
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or they don't want to fight other people
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the idea of, it's like basketball,
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but without all of those pesky rules.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:50
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.
That becomes a very appealing thing to people - Insert Coin 00:10
That becomes a very appealing thing to people
[game announcer yelling] - Insert Coin 00:04
[game announcer yelling]
John Tobias - The home versions of the early Mortal Kombat games - Insert Coin 00:05
John Tobias - The home versions of the early Mortal Kombat g...
- I remember seeing TV ads for the games - Insert Coin 00:17
- I remember seeing TV ads for the games
- I think parents felt there was a revolution - Insert Coin 00:07
- I think parents felt there was a revolution
That somehow their kids were involved in this weird thing, - Insert Coin 00:11
That somehow their kids were involved in this weird thing,
- You know, the home games, when they came out, - Insert Coin 00:08
- You know, the home games, when they came out,
- Actually, when I think back - Insert Coin 00:05
- Actually, when I think back
- [Reporter] After a $10 million advertising campaign, - Insert Coin 00:17
- [Reporter] After a $10 million advertising campaign,
- So now moms and dads are looking at their kids - Insert Coin 00:13
- So now moms and dads are looking at their kids
- I'm sure moms were walking through the living room - Insert Coin 00:19
- I'm sure moms were walking through the living room
I think that humor was essential to its success, - Insert Coin 00:10
I think that humor was essential to its success,
It was the latest thing for the previous generation - Insert Coin 00:11
It was the latest thing for the previous generation
And that is exactly what-- - Insert Coin 00:12
And that is exactly what--
- The game narrator instructs the player to finish, - Insert Coin 00:17
- The game narrator instructs the player to finish,
- I personally delighted in it, - Insert Coin 00:17
- I personally delighted in it,
And if we happened to have something in the arcade, - Insert Coin 00:07
And if we happened to have something in the arcade,
- And we hope very much that you step ba - Insert Coin 00:14
- And we hope very much that you step ba
- Then you had the issue of Nintendo and Sega. - Insert Coin 00:06
- Then you had the issue of Nintendo and Sega.
- We were starting to encroach - Insert Coin 00:05
- We were starting to encroach