Atari: Game Over
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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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Cast
13 people
Zak Penn
Self
Also in
Osmosis Jones
Chuck & Buck
Nolan Bushnell
Self
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Rise of the Video Game
The Video Game Revolution
Howard Scott Warshaw
Self
Manny Gerard
Self
Joe Lewandowski
Self
Paul Sanchez
Self
Ernest Cline
Self
Seamus Blackley
Self
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The Video Game Revolution
Raiford Guins
Self
Mike Mika
Self
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Outerlands
Andrew Reinhard
Self
George R.R. Martin
Self
Also in
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Beauty and the Beast
Zak Penn Director · Andrew Seklir Editor
United States release November 19, 2014 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Production
Xbox Entertainment Studios
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Lightbox Entertainment
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Fuel Entertainment USA
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GRAiNEY Pictures
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Red Box Films
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United Kingdom · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
France · November 19, 2014
Digital · Xbox Video
United States · November 19, 2014
Digital · Xbox Video
United States
April 1, 2015 · Digital · Netflix
April 16, 2015 · TV · Showtime
Puerto Rico
November 19, 2014 · Digital · Xbox Video
April 1, 2015 · Digital · Netflix
April 16, 2015 · TV · Showtime
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