CNBC Documentaries Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
TV Episode | 89 min | Documentary, News

CNBC Documentaries

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

TV Episode | 89 min | Documentary, News

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 ...See moreCNBC 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. Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Griffeth Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Money Wheel (1989)
Steve L. Kent Self - Video Game Historian Self - Video Game Historian See fewer	The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
Ralph H. Baer Self - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor Self - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor See fewer	Thumb Candy: The History of Computer Games (2001)
Keith Feinstein Self - Video Game Historian Self - Video Game Historian See fewer	Modern Marvels (1993)
Nolan Bushnell Self - Video Game Engineer Self - Video Game Engineer See fewer	Computer Space (1971)
Al Alcorn Self - Pong Inventor Self - Pong Inventor See fewer	Pong (1972)
Alan Miller Self - Atari Game Designer Self - Atari Game Designer See fewer	Robot Tank (1983)
Steve Wright Self - Video Game Designer (archive footage) Self - Video Game Designer (archive footage) See fewer	The One (2001)
Howard Lincoln Self - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America Self - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America See fewer	Crystalis (1990)
Shigeru Miyamoto Self - Game Designer Self - Game Designer See fewer	Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Ray Kassar Self - Atari Chairman (archive footage) Self - Atari Chairman (archive footage) See fewer	Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari (2017)
Michael Katz Self - Former President, Sega America Self - Former President, Sega America See fewer	CNBC Documentaries (2003)
Tom Zito Self - Former Industry Executive Self - Former Industry Executive See fewer	Corpse Killer (1994)
Tom Kalinske Self - Former President, Sega America Self - Former President, Sega America See fewer	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1993)
Kaz Hirai Self - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America Self - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America See fewer	Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (2007)
Seamus Blackley Self - Creator, Xbox Self - Creator, Xbox See fewer	Jurassic Park: Trespasser (1998)