20 Nov 2021
Victorian Britain on Film
Offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film.
Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary
Beware, I live again!
Two-years in the making, SynaMax takes viewers on a journey into the extensive cyber-archaeology research involved with restoring the source code and documenting the development history to the 1983 arcade game, Sinistar. Featuring exclusive interviews with project lead and software engineer Noah Falstein, sound engineer Mike Metz, and video game designer John Newcomer, this video offers a very comprehensive glimpse into one of the most innovative video games from the early '80s.
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Noah Falstein Mike Metz John Newcomer (voice)
Robert J. Mical (archival footage)
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