FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE PLAYSTATION REVOLUTION (2020)
The PlayStation Revolution is the third documentary in the From Bedrooms to Billions series, featuring the amazing story behind the creation of the Sony PlayStation. It’s a recommended watch for those who are interested in video games and its history. Find out how and why Sony made the decision to venture into video game business and outperformed previous dominators Nintendo and Sega.
This documentary features interviews with the minds behind the console along with some of the world’s epic video game developers responsible for hit games such as Resident Evil, Grand Theft Auto, God of War, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider and others.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ORIGINS (2019)
GOD OF WAR: RAISING KRATOS (2019)
FINAL FANTASY XIV DOCUMENTARY SERIES (2017)
PART 1: ONE POINT O tells the story of Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0, how the design is inspired by Final Fantasy XI, and the development team’s reaction to its failure.
PART 2: REWRITING HISTORY shows how the Square Enix team spent over a year patching version 1.0 only to have it destroyed.
PART 3: THE NEW WORLD shows the launch of A Realm Reborn.
Click on the video below to watch Part 1 for free via YouTube, then proceed to noclip’s channel for Part 2 and Part 3.
ATARI: GAME OVER (2014)
Atari: Game Over is a 2014 Xbox Originals documentary film, directed by Zak Penn, that documents the fall of Atari through “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Faced with an overwhelmingly negative response to “E.T.,” Atari disposed of hundreds of thousands of unsold game cartridges by burying them in the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
FREE TO PLAY (2014)
THE SMASH BROTHERS
- Episode 1: Show Me Your Moves (Introduction to the documentary and overview of competitive Melee)
- Episode 2: No Johns (Follows the career of Christopher “Azen” McMullen)
- Episode 3: Don’t Get Hit (Follows the career of Joel “Isai” Alvarado)
- Episode 4: The King of Smash (Follows the career of Ken “Ken” Hoang)
- Episode 5: Revolution (Follows the career of Chris “PC Chris” Szygiel)
- Episode 6: Paper cuts (Follows the career of Daniel “KoreanDJ” Jung)
- Episode 7: The Robot (Follows the career of Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman)
- Episode 8: The Natural (Follows the career of Joseph “Mango” Marquez)
- Episode 9: Game! (Describes the EVO 2013 fundraiser, Nintendo’s subsequent decision to block the tournament from streaming, and the eventual overruling and successful participation of Melee)
Click on the video to watch it for free on Youtube.
INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE (2012)
MINECRAFT: THE STORY OF MOJANG (2012)
KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS (2007)
This post is originally published on April 19, 2021 and have gone through numerous updates since.