Atari: Game Over Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 22670

Average Rating: 2.5/4

# of Ratings: 3

Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/2014

Language: English

Genre: Documentary

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Zak Penn

Actors: Zak Penn, George R.R. Martin, Nolan Bushnell, Joe Lewandowski, Howard Scott Warshaw, Robert Rentschler

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The Rise and Fall of Atari

Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/04/2015

For the longest time, it was one of the most famous gaming urban legends. Atari, the gaming giant in the early 80s, rushed to released the game version of E.T. to capitalize on the monster success of the film (and the Christmas holiday). What followed was what is considered one of the worst video games of all time and, soon after, the collapse of Atari. The game was so bad that thousands of the games were said to be buried in a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico. I say urban legend because up until very recently, it was unproven. But a historian (and waste disposal expert) Joe Lewandowski set out to prove the legend true. it actually took quite a bit of planning and resources but the landfill was dug up and, though the numbers might have been exaggerated, lo and behold, several copies of …

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