Chasing Ghosts
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:51 pm
A new documentary at Sundance chronicles the arcades of the early 80's. It sounds awesome, wonder when it will be available for public viewing... Also check out some of the photos accessible via the page below, they are great.
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6150361.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6150361.html
--Raz.Chasing Ghosts, a documentary set to screen next week at the Sundance Film Festival, takes a nostalgic look at the golden age of the arcade.
Those were the days when video game play began with the drop of a quarter amid the smell of adolescent bodies and the sound of electronica gunfire.
Chasing Ghosts
Out of this 1980s scene emerged a class of player that gained fame and a following as top scorers of popular games such as Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong Jr.
These arcade warriors--who predated today's sophisticated home gaming systems--might have been forgotten were it not for a friendship and a photo, which together laid the foundation for director Lincoln Ruchti and producer Michael Verrechia's first feature-length project.