Atari: Game Over
“Truth is stranger than legend...”
2014•PG-13•1h 6m•6.6•Released
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?
Director
Zak Penn
Writer
Zak Penn
Languages
German, Italian, French
Studio
Xbox Entertainment Studios
Cast
Zak Penn
Self
Nolan Bushnell
Self
Howard Scott Warshaw
Self
Manny Gerard
Self
Joe Lewandowski
Self
Paul Sanchez
Self
Ernest Cline
Self
Seamus Blackley
Self
Raiford Guins
Self
Mike Mika
Self
Andrew Reinhard
Self
George R.R. Martin
Self
Werner Herzog
Self (archival)
Production
Company
Xbox Entertainment Studios
Company
Lightbox Entertainment
Company
Fuel Entertainment USA
Company
GRAiNEY Pictures
Company
Red Box Films
Producer
Megan Raney Aarons
Producer
Colin K. Gray
Producer
Gerhard Runken
Producer
Mike A. Burns
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