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Atari: Game Over (2014)

2014-11-19 · 1h 6m · EN
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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?

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Nolan BushnellNolan BushnellSelfHoward Scott WarshawHoward Scott WarshawSelfManny GerardManny GerardSelfJoe LewandowskiJoe LewandowskiSelfPaul SanchezPaul SanchezSelfErnest ClineErnest ClineSelfSeamus BlackleySeamus BlackleySelfRaiford GuinsRaiford GuinsSelfMike MikaMike MikaSelfAndrew ReinhardAndrew ReinhardSelf

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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?

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Atari: Game Over has a runtime of 66 minutes.

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