From Bedrooms to Billions - Special Edition (DVD)
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This fascinating documentary film tells the incredible true story of the pioneers of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day.
New for December 2015 - NOW INCLUDES ANOTHER Bonus hour of brand new footage (over 200minutes of bonus content!)
From Bedrooms to Billions
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From Bedrooms to Billions tells the incredible true story of the pioneers of the British video games industry. As home computer technology development gathered pace in the 1970’s and 1980’s computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro and later the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST saw a generation of small team enthusiasts, hobbyists, school kids, and entrepreneurs emerge.
The film journeys through those early 8-bit game design years, the transition into the 16-bit era and PC, the influence of the Japanese and American consoles (Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo SNES), the availability of finance caused by rising development costs, right through to the present day of big budget triple A games, indie development and the future.
Their creativity and vision, along with those that followed allowed the UK to play a key role in the shaping of the largest entertainment business in the world today, the billion dollar video games industry!
The film reveals some of the remarkable stories, struggles and successes that saw the UK video games industry go from quite literally nothing into a major force littered with original thinkers, innovators and eccentric characters.
Featuring interviews with Mark Healey (Little Big Planet), Ian Livingstone (Tomb Raider), Peter Molyneux (Populous), Jeff Minter (TxK), David Braben (Elite Dangerous), David Perry (Earthworm Jim), Mark Cerny (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) and many others from across video game development, publishing and journalism from over the last 40 years, combined with compelling archive footage and music.
- Bluray/DVD copy
- Special Features with over 150 minutes of content (18 exclusive 'making of' and 'behind the scenes' features)
Special Features (over 150 minutes of bonus content!)
- David Braben - "The Making of Elite (Extended Interview)"
- Matthew Smith - "The Making of Manic Miner"
- Peter Molyneux - "The Making of Populous and then much more"
- Jeff Minter - "Making Games and Sheep in Space"
- Geoff Crammond - "Developing The Sentinel"
- Fred Gray - "Making Music for the Commodore 64"
- Jon Ritman - "Making Head Over Heels"
- Peter Harrap - "Creating Wanted: Monty Mole"
- Jez San - "Teaching Nintendo 3D"
- Geoff Crammond - "From Super Invaders to Revs"
- US Gold - "Signing Off Michael Jackson's Moonwalker"
- Martin Edmonson - "Creating Shadow of the Beast"
- Rob Hubbard - "Making Music for the Commodore 64"
- Mike Montgomery - "Creating Speedball 2"
- Mel Croucher - "Deux Ex Machina"
- Jon Hare - "Creating Wizball"
- Jon Hare - "Creating Sensible Soccer"
- David Braben - "The Making of Elite"
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Subtitles in: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
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