Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games

CNBC examines the history of the video game industry from the first tennis game developed for an oscilloscope to the Atari and video arcade game boom of the early 1980s. It looks at the history of electronic game all the way up to the current Nintendo, Playstation, and Xbox game systems.

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Friday the 13th Part III

Friday the 13th Part III

1982

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2

2013

Death Wish 3

Death Wish 3

1985

The Exorcist III

The Exorcist III

1990

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

1965

The Avengers

The Avengers

2012

Mean Girls

Mean Girls

2004

Fight Club (Russian version)

The Gentlemen

The Gentlemen

2020

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

Lava

Lava

2014

Nerve

Nerve

2016

Where Is The Friend's House?

Where Is The Friend's House?

1987

Knives Out

Knives Out

2019

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

2002

Superchondriac

Superchondriac

2014

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

2013

Creep 2

Creep 2

2017

Samaritan

Samaritan

2022