Today, the global gaming industry is worth a staggering $100 billion dollars, but back in the 1980s, the industry almost went bust when US-based gaming giant Atari got a little too big for its boots.

Originally released by Makematic, 2021. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 19, 2021.

The Great Video Game Crash (1:54); .