From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years
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A feature documentary that explores the influence of the Commodore Amiga and how it took video game development, music and publishing to a whole new level and changed the video games industry forever.
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Memorable, crazy movie
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It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
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I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
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