Atari: Game Over

Atari: Game Over

Truth is stranger than legend...

Directed by Zak Penn

Produced by Xbox Entertainment Studios, Lightbox Entertainment

201466 min6.6 / 10

A playful, nostalgic documentary that investigates a legendary piece of video game history while exploring the rise and fall of Atari through interviews and archival material.

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?

Questions people ask

  • Is Atari: Game Over violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Atari: Game Over easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Atari: Game Over scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Atari: Game Over end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Atari: Game Over sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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65/ 100

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