Atari: Game Over (2014)

  • PG-13
  • 11/19/2014 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 6m

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?

Zak Penn

Director, Writer

Cast

Nolan Bushnell's headshot

Nolan Bushnell

Self
Howard Scott Warshaw's headshot

Howard Scott Warshaw

Self
Manny Gerard's headshot

Manny Gerard

Self
Joe Lewandowski's headshot

Joe Lewandowski

Self
Paul Sanchez's headshot

Paul Sanchez

Self
Ernest Cline's headshot

Ernest Cline

Self
Seamus Blackley's headshot

Seamus Blackley

Self
Raiford Guins's headshot

Raiford Guins

Self

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