Atari: Game Over
Released: November 19, 2014Runtime: 66 min
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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Zak Penn
as Self - Narrator
Joe Lewandowski
as Self - Waste Disposal Expert & Historian
Robert Rentschler
as Self - Former Mayor, Alamogordo
Paul Sanchez
as Self - Mayoral Candidate, Alamogordo
Manny Gerard
as Self - Co-Chief Operating Officer, Warner Communications Inc.
Nolan Bushnell
as Self - Co-Founder, Atari
Seamus Blackley
as Self - Co-Creator, Xbox
Howard Scott Warshaw
as Self - Game Engineer, Atari Inc.
Son Huffmon
as Self - Construction Division Manager, Mese Verde Enterprises
Pat Magill
as Self - Director of Engineering, Mese Verde Enterprises
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