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Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)

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DrWho:

I'm downloading it now.  Will let u torries know how it goes. I so hunted it.

CheffoJeffo:

Yeah, editing didn't portray Billy particularly well and there were some interesting facts left out (like the fact that Billy didn't even hold the Donkey Kong record at the time of Steve Wiebe's first submission and that the filmmakers were friends of friends of Steve's, etc.).

The series of articles in GameRoom Magazine tells a more balanced tale.



Rocky:

I saw Chasing Ghosts at California Extreme this past Summer.  It does a good job of capturing the excitement and feel of video games when they were new.  It also has footage from 1982 when Walter Day (of Twin Galaxies) brought together a dozen or so of the record holders of the classic arcade games. Then, it shows those players 25 years later.

Very interesting.


TheDriver:

It's still doing it's rounds at various venues around the US atm, so probably will not be released for a while yet. Also I am sure I read somewhere it was shot in HD so would be nice when (if) it get's released it is available on HD-DVD as well as regular format.

I really enjoyed the king of kong, was very intresting to see footage of then and now and seeing some real expert's at play, at the risk of upsetting someone I am not going to comment on the politics of it as everyone has their own opinion, but suffice to say it did make good viewing and it's a shame there are not more films/documentaries like it about other games. A look at some footage of manufacturer's (like sega/taito etc...) would be well cool, seeing them make the games from start to finish.

Regards.


BUCKETHEAD:


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I don't think that is it?

So far CHASING GHOST'S is like chasing a GHOST!

Nowhere to be found yet !

However i now have HIGH SCORE.

It is a great little documentary   :)

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