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Atari: Game Over
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Atari: Game Over

2014-11-19 · 66 min · ★ 6.6

Documentary

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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Directors
Zak Penn
Production companies
Xbox Entertainment Studios, Lightbox Entertainment, Fuel Entertainment USA, GRAiNEY Pictures, Red Box Films
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Zak PennZak PennSelf
Nolan BushnellSelf
Howard Scott WarshawSelf
Manny GerardSelf
Joe LewandowskiSelf
Paul SanchezSelf
Ernest ClineErnest ClineSelf
Seamus BlackleySeamus BlackleySelf
Raiford GuinsSelf
Mike MikaSelf
Andrew ReinhardSelf
George R.R. MartinGeorge R.R. MartinSelf
Werner HerzogWerner HerzogSelf (archival)

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