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In which a red-hot video game company crashes and burns, with a little help from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The decline of Atari paved the way for a gaming renaissance— think Donkey Kong, Mario and eventually Pikachu. But as Japan took the upper-hand in the console business and taught a generation of American kids how to play, some Americans grew paranoid about a resurgent foreign power beating us at our own game.
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Writer and Host: Alex Pappademas
Showrunner: Colin McNulty
Producers: Taylor Jones and Sabrina Fang, with help from Tyler Hill.
Production Assistant: Stella Hartmann
Fact Checker: Savannah Wright
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Theme Music by: Dan Leone
Executive Producer for Western Sound: Ben Adair
Editor: Jamie York
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