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The Story of Computer Games

Since the first Pong machine was unveiled 30 years ago, computer games have become the world's second largest entertainment industry, after music. This program profiles game developers who revolutionized the industry and made playing video games a familiar household activity, and also indirectly fueled the snack food industry. Unique access to the creative geniuses of the last 30 years in a riveting voyage of innovation and blood on the carpet. Producer: Rod Iverson. The human race likes – and needs – to play games. That’s probably why video games have been so popular since the very first time of their invention. This documentary shows the history of video games from Atari over to Nintendo and gives insights about the power of arcade games and home-games-consoles.

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  • Originally Aired January 1, 2003
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Production Code Rod Iverson (Leopard Film
  • Network Discovery
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Name Type Role
Hugh Whitworth Writer
Hugh Whitworth Director