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You think about thecasualness of this era, you know, you're kind oflike putting together a...

You think about the
casualness of this era, you know, you're kind of
like putting together a team and like man, I need a
programmer for this game

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- You think about the casualness of this era,
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you know, you're kind of like putting together a team
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and like man, I need a programmer for this game.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:09
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.
And then, you talk to a couple people, - Insert Coin 00:07
And then, you talk to a couple people,
Actually, I think he's still trying to finish - Insert Coin 00:11
Actually, I think he's still trying to finish
I mean, if Eugene's starting video - Insert Coin 00:10
I mean, if Eugene's starting video
- Jack Haeger was really the lead artist - Insert Coin 00:07
- Jack Haeger was really the lead artist
- Jack has a great history where he went on to be - Insert Coin 00:05
- Jack has a great history where he went on to be
[audience laughing] - Insert Coin 00:10
[audience laughing]
It was more let's develop a hardware and a software. - Insert Coin 00:04
It was more let's develop a hardware and a software.
- I always thought with video games, - Insert Coin 00:06
- I always thought with video games,
It was like, so what do you guys wanna do - Insert Coin 00:08
It was like, so what do you guys wanna do
I mean, they had just armies of incredibly talented artists. - Insert Coin 00:05
I mean, they had just armies of incredibly talented artists.
The idea of taking actual images, video images, - Insert Coin 00:10
The idea of taking actual images, video images,
- 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."