Atari: Game Over
2014, Film, 66 min, Documentary, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
Truth is stranger than legend...
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?
Directed by Zak Penn
Cast
- Zak Penn as Self - Narrator
- Joe Lewandowski as Self - Waste Disposal Expert & Historian
- Robert Rentschler as Self - Former Mayor, Alamogordo
- Paul Sanchez as Self - Mayoral Candidate, Alamogordo
- Manny Gerard as Self - Co-Chief Operating Officer, Warner Communications Inc.
- Nolan Bushnell as Self - Co-Founder, Atari
- Seamus Blackley as Self - Co-Creator, Xbox
- Howard Scott Warshaw as Self - Game Engineer, Atari Inc.
- Son Huffmon as Self - Construction Division Manager, Mese Verde Enterprises
- Pat Magill as Self - Director of Engineering, Mese Verde Enterprises
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