CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.
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Nolan Bushnell as Himself - Video Game Engineer
Bill Griffeth as Himself - Narrator
Ralph H. Baer as Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor
Howard Lincoln as Himself - Former Chairman, Nintendo of America
Michael Katz as Himself - Former President, Sega America
Tom Kalinske as Himself - Former President, Sega America
Kaz Hirai as Himself - President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Al Alcorn as Himself - Pong Inventor
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Bob Waldman · Director, Writer
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