Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

89 mins | Documentary | Nov. 15, 2006

CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

89 mins | Documentary | Nov. 15, 2006

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.
Producers MSNBC Network
Original title Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
Directors Bob Waldman
Writers Bob Waldman

Cast

Nolan Bushnell

as Himself - Video Game Engineer

Bill Griffeth

as Himself - Narrator

Ralph H. Baer

as Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor

Howard Lincoln

as Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America

Michael Katz

as Himself - Former President, Sega America

Tom Kalinske

as Himself - Former President, Sega America

Kaz Hirai

as Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America

Al Alcorn

as Himself - Pong Inventor

Alan Miller

as Himself - Atari Game Designer