How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 3: Arcade Quality for the Home

The Wizard

December 1989 •English

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

Tron

July 1982 •English

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world...and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.

Sitra Achra

Invalid date •English

A retro video game collector uncovers a prototype cartridge called "Sitra Achra", which disappeared after its creator did in 1985. The collector grows increasingly obsessed with beating Sitra Achra, but the game will not give up its secrets without a fight.

How Videogames Changed the World

November 2013 •English

From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Charlie Brooker delves into the history of videogames and pulls out a selection of its most significant titles. From Atari to Angry Birds, How Videogames Changed the World explores how interactive entertainment evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way we work, communicate and, of course, play. Joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and gaming legends like Will Wright and John Romero, Brooker looks at how videogames have become the most progressive art form of the last 40 years. This humorous and insightful tour will surprise and entertain the uninitiated and dedicated gamers alike.

Elephant

September 2003 •English

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

WarGames

June 1983 •English

High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

The Biggest Fraud in Geometry Dash History

August 2023 •English

The best player in Geometry Dash History wasn’t who we thought he was. Let me tell you the story.

eXistenZ

April 1999 •English

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Pixels

July 2015 •English

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase

October 2001 •English

When Scooby and the gang get trapped in a video game created for the gang, they must fight against the 'Phantom Virus.' To escape the game they must go level by level and defeat the game once and for all.

Gamer

September 2009 •English

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

Shenmue II: The Movie

December 2016 •English

In 1987, teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki arrives in Wan Chai, Hong Kong from Japan on the trail of his father's killer, Lan Di, of the criminal Chi You Men organization. He searches for Master Lishao Tao, the only link to the whereabouts of Yuanda Zhu, a martial arts expert who sent Ryo's father a letter warning him of Lan Di's intentions. When Ryo finds Tao, whose real name is Xiuying Hong, she refuses to help, considering his quest for vengeance reckless. The two part ways, but Xiuying continues to monitor Ryo's progress.

once upon a time in the west ii

April 2023 •English

a collection of different shots comprised a fictionalized, but highly detailed of the america's west. where civilization meets nature in an illusion of history.

How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 1: The Best Games

January 1982 •English

Vestron delivers tips and tricks for 20 of the most popular video games in this 1982 video release.

Hero Mode

June 2021 •English

A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.

Gaming in Color

April 2014 •English

This feature length documentary explores the queer side of gaming culture and the game industry's LGBTQ presence. The GaymerX convention that took place in 2013 was a huge step forward for the queer geek community being recognized on a worldwide industry scale. In the same year, more popular mainstream and indie games featured a greater amount of gay and lesbian characters than ever before, helping with visibility and acceptance. The video games universe will only continue to improve and diversify both in its community and industry if we elevate the conversation about inclusion and respecting one another - not in spite of our gay geekiness, but because of it!

Brichos

February 2007 •Portuguese

Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie

December 1999 •Japanese

Increasingly disturbed by the dark energies building within him, Ryu is confronted by Shun, a boy claiming to be the brother he never knew. But before Ryu can consider whether Shun's timely appearance might be more than coincidental, Shun is kidnapped by Shadowlaw. To recover Shun, Ryu must undertake the ultimate journey of self-discovery and learn to control the power threatening to consume him.

Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night

October 2021 •Japanese

One month after Kayaba Akihiko's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night...

Not for Resale

April 2019 •English

A feature-length documentary on local video game stores and the final days of physical media.