Film201466 min

Atari: Game Over

Name: Atari: Game Over
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014
Duration: 66 min
Cast: Nolan Bushnell, Howard Scott Warshaw, Manny Gerard, Joe Lewandowski, Paul Sanchez

Taste attributes: documentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedsocial commentary

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"Truth is stranger than legend..."

Boxlist takeRealistic and unhurried: an inventive documentary, heavy rather than light. Best if you like patience over pace.

Taste details

Pace: very slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 172 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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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