The Space Invaders In Search of Lost Time (2012)

Beginning with Space Invaders in 1978 arcade games began to appear everywhere By 1982 there were 13000 dedicated arcade locations across North America It was the Golden Age of Arcade Games generating 32 billion dollars in 1983 By 1985 revenue had fallen 97 Atari declared bankruptcy Arcades closed Most of the old games were converted or destroyed A few were packed into warehouses where they remained largely forgotten for at least another decade This is the story of arcade video games and the generation who grew up in the arcades attempting to collect and preserve their fondest memories