Console Wars

2020

Action / Documentary

30
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 85% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2389 2.4K

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Plot summary

In 1990, SEGA, a fledgling arcade company assembled a team of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and uniquely American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.

Director

Blake J. Harris Photo
Blake J. Harris

Top cast

Robin Williams Photo
Robin Williams as Self
Paul Rudd Photo
Paul Rudd as (archive footage)
Joey Lawrence Photo
Joey Lawrence as Self
Zachery Ty Bryan Photo
Zachery Ty Bryan as Self
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844.7 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 3
1.7 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by r-m-duffy 7 / 10

Finally a Documentary About the Console War

The Console War refers to one period in history where two companies, Nintendo and Sega battled it out for market supremacy. Nintendo long held a stranglehold (ie monopoly) on the industry due to both innovation and monopolistic practices. Sega of America sought to open the market through... well, watch the documentary and find out how they did it!I enjoyed how Console Wars built up Nintendo as a villain, then gave them credit for saving the fallen video game industry. But unlike other documentaries, this one doesn't pull punches and mentions some of "cute" Nintendo's cut-throat practices. War was declared and strategized by the upstart aggressor - Sega, which means the documentary focuses on Sega. There's not much nostalgia or other video game history here, just the story that the documentary seeks to tell - about THE Console War and the two companies that took part in it.
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Reviewed by imseeg 7 / 10

Today the gaming industry totals over 150 BILLION dollars. That's more than the entire movie and music industry combined.

This is a fun nostalgic trip back to the late eighties and early nineties when the first popular gaming consoles were launched.

It all started with Atari. That company didnt last long. Then Nintendo popped up and the rest is history. But for a short period there was a fierce competition with a new comer on the market called SEGA, which games were more tailored to teenagers instead of little kids. Suddenly lots of blood and gore and action was available in gaming to millions of teenagers. They were lovin' it.

In the end SEGA did not last, but it is fun ride to watch how they became the biggest and how they destroyed their own succes.

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