From Bedrooms to Billions

2014
2 Std. 30 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzu'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a 2 and a half hour feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day. Devel... Alles lesen'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a 2 and a half hour feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day. Developments in computer technology in the UK of the late 70's early 80's helped inspire a gene... Alles lesen'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a 2 and a half hour feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day. Developments in computer technology in the UK of the late 70's early 80's helped inspire a generation of small team enthusiasts, hobbyists, school kids, bedroom coders and entrepreneurs... Alles lesen

Regie
- Anthony Caulfield
- Nicola Caulfield
Drehbuch
- Anthony Caulfield
- Nicola Caulfield
Hauptbesetzung

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IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Anthony Caulfield
- Nicola Caulfield
Drehbuch
- Anthony Caulfield
- Nicola Caulfield
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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10kevin-phillips-244-972219

An amazing piece of gaming history

I love this film. Not only for its in-depth and fascinating recap on the UK game industry starting in the 80's, but because its edited as a true story.

The flow of the film starts at the introduction of computers in the home and works its way through the home programmer, the initial reselling and publishing of games into the more serious side of struggling business and eventually where we're going today. Its a fantastic journey that touches on a bit of everything and its one I can relate to having grown up in that whole era.

If you want one of the best documentaries about the early games industry, then this is the one you seriously should be watching. Immensely enjoyable and very much re-watchable... :)

10chris-foulds

My childhood in a film

What can I say about this film that has not already been said ?

I was lucky enough to grow up through this age, playing the games, becoming a computer geek, even being an Amiga 'scene' demo programmer in my late teens which led to a career as a computer programmer.

This film documented my childhood into my 20's, and any computer kid of the 70's included, as such I can't recommend it enough to people of our generation - but more importantly to those of the younger generation to see where it all began as to move forward you must always look back first.

Looking forward to the new 'Amiga years' film A lot.

10mahatma618

Fantastic summary of an emerging industry

Just finished viewing this,and it made the hair on my back stand up.Apart from a few glaring omissions (probably from people saying no to participate in this documentary rather than the makers not asking) it is a thorough analysis of the emergence of the gaming industry,and takes us through it's ups and downs and rebirth of gaming as we now know it.Conspicuously it rather glazes over the Amiga days,but that is most likely due to the up coming new documentary from the creators of this.

Can't praise this enough.Having lived through the 8-bit days,and later the 16-bit (read Amiga),it really is like revisiting the glory days.

One last thing:The ending is one of the best I've seen in a documentary.

Go on,give this one a try.

9cornercom0

A Joy to Watch

This documentary is one of the best video game / old computer films I have ever seen. Very professionally filmed, with picture quality second to none. Sound is perfect, and as each person is interviewed - dialogue is seamless and creates a sense of story unmatched by any other documentary in any genre.

If you love nostalgia in computer games, and love retro gaming as a whole this film is for you. It'll take you back to your childhood and is great for younger generations to appreciate and learn about games from the past that shaped their future.

A joy to watch.

10sanswer

A superb documentary

This for me has to be one of the greatest, well made documentaries I've ever seen. For the best part of 2·5 hours I was glued to the TV. There are some great interviews with key people from the birth of the games industry in the UK, combined with game footage and a great soundtrack. For a retro gamer like me it took me back to my childhood and great memories. However, you don't need to be a gamer to enjoy this, it is simply an excellent documentary. Check out the bonus disc too, some extended interviews and insights not in the main film! The highlight for me was seeing the great Matthew Smith, most famous as the man behind Manic Miner.