Once Upon Atari

Atari game designer Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of the best-selling 2600 game Yars' Revenge, takes you on a trip through time back to the late seventies and the birth of Atari, and interviews the personalities that fueled the company, including founder Nolan Bushnell.

Storyline

First Aired

2003-08-10
Last Aired

2003-08-10
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

4
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

Keywords:

video game video game history

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Season 1

1. House of Games

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2. The Enemy Within

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3. The Game's The Thing

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4. The Agony & The Ecstasy

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Find out what it's like to walk into a store and see your game there on the shelf. To hear people talking about your product. There is also a segment on the favorite games of the game makers.Less