From Bedrooms to Billions
Why We LOVE 'From Bedrooms to Billions'!
From Bedrooms to Billions is the definitive documentary on the UK video games industry. It features virtually every personality you can imagine from the golden age of gaming, with exclusive interviews shot for this movie. It is expertly crafted by veteran film makers with a strong passion for the games industry - and this passion shines through. It is an absolute MUST see for anyone with even the slightest interest in gaming. It's a fascinating story, told by fascinating people." - Andy Pearson, General Manager, Funstock.co.uk
Everything You Need To Know!
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.
What you get:
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Bluray/DVD copy
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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!)
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David Braben - "The Making of Elite (Extended Interview)"
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Matthew Smith - "The Making of Manic Miner"
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Peter Molyneux - "The Making of Populous and then much more"
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Jeff Minter - "Making Games and Sheep in Space"
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Geoff Crammond - "Developing The Sentinel"
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Fred Gray - "Making Music for the Commodore 64"
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Jon Ritman - "Making Head Over Heels"
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Peter Harrap - "Creating Wanted: Monty Mole"
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Jez San - "Teaching Nintendo 3D"
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Geoff Crammond - "From Super Invaders to Revs"
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US Gold - "Signing Off Michael Jackson's Moonwalker"
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Martin Edmonson - "Creating Shadow of the Beast"
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Rob Hubbard - "Making Music for the Commodore 64"
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Mike Montgomery - "Creating Speedball 2"
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Mel Croucher - "Deux Ex Machina"
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Jon Hare - "Creating Wizball"
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Jon Hare - "Creating Sensible Soccer"
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David Braben - "The Making of Elite"
Trailer
Subtitles in: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
Contributors
Full contributor list:
Shahid Ahmad
Nigel Alderton
Nick Alexander
Chris Anderson
Mike Austin
Pete Austin
Jim Bagley
David Braben
Gary Bracey
Tom Bramwell
Geoff Brown
Martyn Brown
Simon Butler
Raffaele Cecco
Charles Cecil
Mark Cerny
Rod Cousens
Geoff Crammond
Mel Croucher
Antony Crowther
Ben Daglish
David Darling
Dino Dini
David Doak
Rich Eddy
Martin Edmondson
Eugene Evans
Malcolm Evans
Bruce Everiss
Mark Eyles
Paul Finnegan
Stuart Fotheringham
Oliver Frey
Matt Furniss
Martin Galway
John Gibson
Julian Gollop
Fred Gray
Dawn Hallybone
Bill Harbison
Jon Hare
Peter Harrap
Phil Harrison
Mark Healey
John Heap
Andrew Hewson
Martin Hollis
Dawn Hollywood
Rob Hubbard
Miles Jacobson
David Jones
Mark Jones
Roger Kean
Martin Kenwright
Jason Kingsley
Eugene Lacey
Richard Leinfellner
Ian Livingstone
Rupert Loman
Archer Maclean
Fergus McGovern
Steve Merrett
Jeff Minter
Peter Molyneux
Mike Montgomery
Simon Nicol
Ally Noble
Andrew Oliver
Phillip Oliver
Chris Orton
Andy Payne
Nick Pelling
Gary Penn
David Perry
Ste Pickford
Julian Rignall
Jon Ritman
Jez San
Matthew Smith
Ian Stewart
Peter Stone
Kevin Toms
Steve Turner
Tim Tyler
Bob Wakelin
Andy Walker
Mo Warden
Dominic Wheatley
Steve Wilcox
Jon Woods
Produced by
Steven Bodey (executive producer)
Anthony Caulfield (executive producer / producer)
Nicola Caulfield (executive producer / producer)
Mark Healey (executive producer)
Chris Kingsley (executive producer)
Jason Kingsley (executive producer)
Andy Martin (executive producer)
Fergus McGovern (executive producer)
David Perry (executive producer)
Hannes Piek executive producer)
Music by
Aidy (music composed by)
Anthony Caulfield (music composed by)
Stephen Caulfield (music composed by)
Stuart Connolly (music composed by)
Ben Daglish (music composed by)
Stewart Dugdale (music composed by)
Max Hall (music composed by)
Rob Hubbard (music composed by)
Our returns policy is easy and very flexible:
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You have 30 days to return any item (in it's original, un-opened packaging) for a no questions asked 100% refund
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You have 365 days to return any item that has developed a fault. We will arrange for your item to be fixed by one of our dedicated technical experts or for a brand new item to be sent back to you - we also cover the return shipping costs (so you aren't out of pocket if something does go wrong). Your 365 days warranty will restart from receipt of your fixed/replaced item!
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You can contact us via email at [email protected] or phone 0113 328 1187 (Mon - Fri, 9am - 5.30pm, excluding bank holidays) to either discuss this in more detail or to arrange your return
You can view the full returns policy here.
