Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)

1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.

Director:

Lincoln Ruchti

Stars:

Ronald Bailey, Sam Blackburn, Leo Daniels

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ronald Bailey	...	Himself
Sam Blackburn	...	Himself
Leo Daniels	...	Himself
Walter Day	...	Himself
Kent Farries	...	Himself
Ben Gold	...	Himself
Billy Mitchell	...	Himself
Darren Olsen	...	Himself
Todd Rogers	...	Himself
Steve Sanders	...	Himself
Joel West	...	Himself

Storyline

1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Men at Work Pictures LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Gyruss (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Big City"
Written by Chris Holloway
Performed by Analogue Planet
Courtesy of SLS Sound, a Division of Second Look Studio

User Reviews

A Look Back 30 Years to the Arcade Days...

1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.

I enjoyed the discussion of how to make the buttons react faster by using an electric knife, a pencil, or the double tap. I cannot say I was ever so devoted to games that I felt I needed to speed up my response time. Is this devotion? Obsession? A waste of time? Hmmm.

I also loved Billy Mitchell's mullet, and the trash talking from the "Missile Command" champion Mister Awesome, who has an obsession with phallic objects. There is something seriously wrong with that guy. Mitchell may not deserve to be famous, but you cannot fault the guy for taking advantage of opportunities that come his way. Awesome, on the other hand, seems to have a warped sense of his own importance... the costume and comic book take any bit of respectability gaming might have and throws it away.