How My Family Survived The Video Game Crash Of 1983 [Documentary]

[TylerEspo]

Hey guys, this is Tyler from the YouTube channel "My Retro Life".

I wanted to share this new video I made over here on AtariAge, as I feel like it's culturally significant for us retro gamers, especially the Atari gamers who were born in the late 70s.

This is a mini-documentary on the Video Game Crash of 1983, but told from the perspective of my family from New York. My Dad and Aunt loved buying and playing Atari games in the years before I was born ('86 baby here).

I only found this footage recently on my last trip to New York. I asked my Aunt if she had any more home movie tapes in the basement, and she did!

You'll notice from the thumbnail one of the more special moments of this is my Aunt opening up a copy of the rare "Halloween" from Wizard Games. You'll see it here among other Atari games of the era, all brand new!

Anyway, hope you enjoy. :-)

 

[TylerEspo]

Do I need to put this in the general gaming forum? Sorry for the mistake!