High Score
High Score Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
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About
"A nostalgic sprint through gaming's scrappy origin story"
A six-part documentary tracing the explosive rise of video games from arcade cabinets to home consoles in the 1980s and 90s. It mixes archival footage, era-appropriate animation, and interviews with the designers, programmers, and players who built the industry from scratch. The tone is warm, nostalgic, and unabashedly celebratory rather than critical, moving briskly through console wars, genre-defining hits, and the personalities behind them. It works best as a breezy nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up with a controller in hand, less so as rigorous history.
the candid interviews with the actual designers and programmers who invented gaming's biggest hits.
you want critical depth rather than a celebratory highlight reel of gaming history.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Boom & Bust | 7.4 | 751 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Comeback Kid | 7.7 | 657 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Role Players | 6.3 | 687 | 40 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | This is War | 7.3 | 558 | 41 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Fight! | 7.4 | 527 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Level Up | 7.7 | 509 | 37 min |