1999, a kid from the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria, mad about clocking his favorite arcade game, faces a serious decision - to remain just a kid living in the world of arcade game heroes, or make the first step towards growing up.
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.
Anson Williams and Jayne Kennedy play host to celebrities who compete against one another at video games to win money for charity.
For her 9th birthday, peppy little Isha has only one wish – to get $12 dollars to play video games. Unable to convince her parents, she devises an ingenious plan with her brother to raise money. But when her plan fails, her reserved brother commits a well-intentioned mistake to fulfill her wish. The innocent act of love will change their lives forever.
When an arcade game enthusiast's anxiety makes it difficult for him to make friends, he realizes he may need to connect with people in a way he has never tried before...
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.
Four characters face off in different real life scenarios, with an unexpected twist.
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'.
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.”
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.
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.
Uzaylılar, atari oyunlarının video yayınlarını keşfedip bunları gerçek birer savaş ilanı zannederek video oyunları aracılığıyla Dünya'ya hücum ederler. ABD Başkanı Cooper'ın PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Centipede ve Space Invaders'ın saldırılarını engellemek ve dünyayı kurtarmak için video oyunu kahramanlarından yardım istemek dışında bir şansı kalmamıştır. Teğmen Violet Van Patten ise onlara benzersiz silahlar temin ederek ekibe katılacaktır.
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.
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 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.
Alex Rogan, bir karavan parkında yaşamaktadır ve annesi de bu karavan parkının sahibidir. Herkes sanki büyük bir aile gibi bir arada yaşamını sürdürür. Video oyun düşkünü olan Alex Starfighter oyununda herkesi yener ve parktaki herkesin takdirini kazanır. Birkaç gün sonra ise kendisini oyunun yazıldığı şirketin çalışanı olarak gösteren Centauri adında bir adam ile tanışır. Fakat yetenekleri sayesinde dünyayı gerçek bir saldıran kurtarabileceğinden henüz haberi yoktur.
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.
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.
TRON: LEGACY dijital dünyada kurulmuş bir 3D ileri teknoloji macerası. Sam Flynn (GARRETT HEDLUND), Kevin Flynn’in 27 yaşındaki teknoloji meraklısı oğlu (JEFF BRIDGES), babasının ortadan kayboluşunu araştırır ve kendini babasının 25 yıldır yaşadığı Tron’un dijital dünyasında bulur. Kevin’in sadık sırdaşı Quorra’yla birlikte (OLIVIA WILDE), baba ve oğul çok fazla gelişmiş ve son derece tehlikeli bir hale gelen, görsel açıdan dudak uçuklatan sanal alemde bir ölüm kalım yolculuğuna çıkarlar.
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.