Atari: Game Over

Nan
1h 6m
2014
6.583 /10 (228)

Truth is stranger than legend...

Overview

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?

Country : United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages : Deutsch, Italiano, Français, English, Español
Released Date: 2014-11-19

Top Billed Cast

Nolan Bushnell

Self

Howard Scott Warshaw

Self

Manny Gerard

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Joe Lewandowski

Self

Paul Sanchez

Self

Ernest Cline

Self

Seamus Blackley

Self

Raiford Guins

Self

Mike Mika

Self

Andrew Reinhard

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George R. R. Martin

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Werner Herzog

Self (archival)

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