Der Programmierer und Spieleentwickler Kevin Flynn wurde um seine Arbeit betrogen und gefeuert. Versuche, Beweise dafür im Hauptcomputer seiner ehemaligen Firma zu beschaffen, blieben bislang erfolglos, aber nicht unentdeckt. Ein letzter Versuch an Beweise zu kommen ist ein Computer-Hack aus dem Inneren der Firma. Das ist aber nur mit Hilfe von seiner Ex-Freundin Lora und ihrem jetzigen Freund Alan möglich. Es geschieht das Unglaubliche: Das MCP (Master Control Programm) wehrt sich und entführt Flynn in eine Welt aus Bits und Bytes. Unerwartet trifft Flynn hier alte Feinde aber auch auf neue Freunde.
Anson Williams and Jayne Kennedy play host to celebrities who compete against one another at video games to win money for charity.
US-Science-Fiction-Film aus dem Jahr 1984. Nichts macht Alex Rogan lieber als das Arcade-Game Starfighter zu spielen. Eines Tages taucht einer der Erfinder des Spiels bei ihm auf und lädt ihn ein, mitzukommen. Zu seiner Überraschung findet sich Alex wenig später im Weltall wieder.
Set in the not to distant apocalyptic future. Earth is under invasion from computer/arcade aliens, tensions run high and teenagers still want to 'go out'.
Pinball historian Richard Bueschel hosts an hour-long look at the arcade favorite's illustrious history, including interviews with flipper devotees Slash (from Guns & Roses), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, baseball great Frank Thomas, and others.
A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.
In 1999, Konami Corp. introduced a Japanese-influenced coin-operated arcade stand-up to the U.S. It's draw was unheard of for a video game: the combination of music, competition, and interactive video-gameplay along with actual physical activity. Four years later, Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) has become one of the most popular game crazes stateside and found easily in video game stores and in nationwide retail markets. This story explores the youth culture surrounding the game and follows a group of devoted players and documents their interactions at various arcades and tournaments.
Although technology continues to evolve, a group of die-hard gamers refuses to abandon the classic arcade games of yesteryear. The 80's live on for these enthusiasts, who compete against each other and history to record the world's highest scores. Portland gamer Bill Carlton is one of the most brazen, fearlessly taking on some of the toughest records on the books. HIGH SCORE follows Bill as he attempts to take down the Atari classic Missile Command and its twenty year-old record. To get the 80 million points he'll have to play the game on one quarter for over two days straight. There is no pause button. There will be no sleep. There can only be one victor in this classic story of Man versus Missile Command.
THE SITUATION facing the pinball designers at Williams Electronic Games in 1998: come up with something new, or see the world's largest pinball manufacturer be shut down forever. And Williams' designers did come up with something amazing: a brand new kind of pinball machine—"Pinball 2000"—that fused video with classic pinball gameplay, preserving what was great about pinball yet opening up all-ne
A caricaturist, a clinical psychologist, a Buddhist wanderer, and an importer of wind-up musical jewelry boxes battle each other for air hockey world domination--and battle the world to save their beloved sport from extinction.
What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon. A product of the mechanical and electrical age, the American invention swept the world and defined cool. Now it is relegated to a nostalgic footnote deserving a better fate. Joining the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share a world many of us didn't know still existed.
Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard pulls back the curtain on the King of Kong film, including how the filmmakers changed the facts of the story, how Billy Mitchell received payoffs from them and how the man who really defeated Mitchell's 1982 Donkey Kong record was left out of the film. You'll never look at the King of Kong the same way after you've learned the truth.
A documentary on classic video arcade collectors across North America. Those who were the first to look into the neon haze of a vector/raster screen and fall in love. The first quarter poppers, the "vidiots" who never grew up.
Four characters face off in different real life scenarios, with an unexpected twist.
Inside The Dragon's Lair takes a journey into the ongoing history of one of the most popular video games of all time - Dragon's Lair. The film will give the audience an in-depth view of the extensive production process that created this revolutionary game. Utilizing the laserdisc medium, this technologically advanced game was a marvel during its release in 1983 and has changed the video gaming world forever. The documentary will revisit the game from its initial conception to its most current release, showing the many different variants and iterations of the game. Also featured will be interviews of the original creators Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, and Rick Dyer. Additional interviews will feature artists and programmers involved in the game's production, collectors, technical gurus and die-hard fans.
Außerirdische nutzen real gewordene Versionen von Kultfiguren aus 80er-Jahre-Videospielen, um eine Invasion der Erde zu starten, da sie Aufnahmen jener alten Spiele zu Gesicht bekommen und diese als Kriegserklärung der Menschen missinterpretiert haben. Die Menschheit ist schnell überfordert von den angreifenden Videospielfiguren, das herkömmliche Militär ist machtlos. US-Präsident Will Cooper erinnert sich an den einzigen, der vielleicht helfen könnte: sein Jugendfreund Sam Brenner. Dieser war in den 80ern ein Videospiel-Champion und weiß also bestens, wie man gegen Pac-Man, Donkey Kong und Co. besteht. Sam schart weitere Old-School-Arcade-Gamer und eine Waffen-Spezialistin um sich, um mit diesen einmal mehr die Videospielfiguren zu besiegen. Nur dieses Mal nicht in der Arcade-Halle, sondern in der wirklichen Welt...
Chinatown Fair opened as a penny arcade on Mott Street in 1944. Over the decades, the dimly lit gathering place, known for its tic-tac-toe playing chicken, became an institution, surviving turf wars between rival gangs, changing tastes and the explosive growth of home gaming systems like Xbox and Playstation that shuttered most other arcades in the city. But as the neighborhood gentrified, this haven for a diverse, unlikely community faced its strongest challenge, inspiring its biggest devotees to next-level greatness.
A group of four friends have been trapped in an arcade game for 15 years. Just when they think they have the game figured out, one of the friends gets killed. In order to bring back their friend and get out of the game’s world, the group has to go on an epic quest to collect the remaining five “Stones of the Lion’s Blaze.”
Based on the urban legend, a teenage girl tries to convince the local sheriff that a mysterious game cabinet caused her brother to commit suicide.
The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games of all time. Midway Games pioneered the concept of live-action gaming, kick-starting a new arcade boom and grossing billions of dollars with hits like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam.