Walter Day
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Aldro Day, Jr. (born May 14, 1949) is the founder of Twin Galaxies, an international organization based in Fairfield, Iowa, that tracks high score statistics for the worldwide electronic video gaming hobby. In March 2010, Walter Day announced his retirement from Twin Galaxies to pursue his music career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fairfield, Iowa, USA
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Birthday: May 14, 1949
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Other
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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Overview: In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-25
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Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Overview: 1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-19
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The Perfect Fraudman
Overview: Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard exposes the story behind Billy Mitchell's alleged "first Perfect Pac-Man" with evidence that he may not have been the first, how he used his influence to hold back other scores on several games and more. You will be amazed at how much of the story Mitchell works to hide.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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The King of Arcades
Overview: Follow the rise and fall of the King of Arcades as one man pursues his dream against all odds. The King of Arcades details the life and times of punk rock musician and classic arcade collector Richie Knucklez, on his journey to cultural prominence when he takes his passion for collecting to new heights by opening an arcade business in Flemington, New Jersey, only to watch it fall in the wake of economic hardship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-17
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Rocksteppy
Overview: Phil and Colin Beverly are two inept small-town brothers with big dreams, and a song-and-dance rock group to take them there. When they learn of a 'performance competition' in Austin, Texas called South by Southwest, they set out on a cross-country journey, followed by a camera crew of student filmmakers who document their quest to the top! The top of what, they have no idea.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari
Overview: Before Google, Yahoo and even Apple, before the Silicon Valley cliché of informal dress code, skateboards running the corridors and wild creativity became commonplace, one company embodied the digital economy lifestyle and business style: the one firm coming out of the Age of Aquarius was Atari. The story of Atari is two-thirds the story of Nolan Bushnell, founder and visionary, and one-third the first and probably biggest boom and bust of the new economy some 20 years before the new economy even existed. Atari was showing that technology is cool, way before the personal computer revolution took place and they were reaching out to an ever-growing audience with something that is still cool today: video games. Atari literally introduced the digital world to the mass consciousness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-01
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The Video Craze
Overview: A documentary on classic video arcade collectors across North America. Those who were the first to look into the neon haze of a vector/raster screen and fall in love. The first quarter poppers, the "vidiots" who never grew up.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-24
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Gamer Age
Overview: An anthropological look into the rich culture of video games.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-24
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Frag
Overview: Exploited, abused and sometimes abandoned most gamers fail to reach the top, but like all sports heroes exist. FRAG is the true story of professional video gaming outlining the evolution of the 1980’s arcade game competitions to the elite tournaments of today for millions of dollars around the globe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-15
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Coin-Op TV
Overview: COIN-OP TV is a show about the video gaming industry and culture. We interview classic arcade game world record holders, industry and anything else related to both modern and old school gaming
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-10
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Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest
Overview: Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest is a deadly serious comedy, set in the world of arcade games and world records. It tells the story about the friendship between a group of unlikely heroes and peculiar world class gamers, who - on a backdrop of loss and longing - has set out to do what no one has ever done before: play the arcade game Gyruss non stop for 100 hours.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2021-04-21
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Nintendo Quest
Overview: Homer's Odyssey meets King of Kong as two über geeks try to collect all 678 officially licensed Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridges in 30 days, WITHOUT the aid of online purchasing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-26
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Man vs. Snake
Overview: 1984. One shiny quarter. 44.5 hours of continuous play. The race to be the first gamer in history to score one BILLION points. Until recently, Timothy McVey (not the terrorist) thought he had — for all these years — held the world record on Nibbler.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-27
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King of Con!
Overview: Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard pulls back the curtain on the King of Kong film, including how the filmmakers changed the facts of the story, how Billy Mitchell received payoffs from them and how the man who really defeated Mitchell's 1982 Donkey Kong record was left out of the film. You'll never look at the King of Kong the same way after you've learned the truth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story
Overview: The story of the skaters and developers who came together to create one of the best-selling games of all time, changing the skateboarding scene and pop culture forever.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-29
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Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day
Overview: A musical documentary following 74-year-old Walter Day - the father of esports and star of "The King of Kong" - as he battles a lawsuit threatening his legacy while fulfilling his dream of recording and performing the rock-opera style love songs he has been hearing in his head since having his heart broken at the height of the arcade era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-19
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