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Reviews 63% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In the 1980s hardcore gamers compete for high scores at the Twin Galaxies Arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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- Lincoln Ruchti
- Documentary
- Walter Day
Mixing a wealth of reports devoting news time to the craze, a worthy 80s soundtrack and some fun computer rendering of the game's rules, Chasing Ghosts is a true bit of cinematic time travel....
Setting its sights on a group of the nation's greatest arcade game players, "Chasing Ghosts" endeavors to shed light on the raging video game culture of the early 1980's. An '82 Life Magazine photo shoot brought together 16 prodigies, some of whom would go on to live in video game infamy.
Jan 19, 2007 · Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade: Directed by Lincoln Ruchti. With Walter Day, Ben Gold, Steve Sanders, Kent Farries. 1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
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- Documentary
- Lincoln Ruchti
- 2007-01-19
Chasing Ghosts shares a great deal in common with Stacy Peralta's 2001 doc, Dogtown and Z-Boys, showing the birth of a generation's immortal niche. Arcade gaming was here and gone within the first farts of a decade but remains ever present in the hearts and minds of its original community.
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- Men At Work
- Lincoln Ruchti
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Chasing Ghosts answers this question and many others, by documenting how life turned out for the greatest gamers from the golden age of arcades. These guys were the Dynamites of 1982 in their mopped hair, hiked up jeans, and retro tees that weren’t retro for the day.
