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In this panoptic documentary on the niche culture of the retro video game collector, follow gaming enthusiasts and fans as they relive their childhood memories, make new ones and champion to keep an antiquated media format alive.
Release Date
2018-04-20
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6.5
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3.3 startsTagline
Collecting the past, one pixel at a time.
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