Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What's Up America! mini documentary on the state of the video game industry circa 1980. Features Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, Lyle Rains (Atari VP of Engineering, Coin-Operated Games Division), and Roger Hector (Atari Manager of Advanced Products). Although the focus is primarily on Atari coin-op games, arcade games from other companies are shown, and Atari's unreleased Cosmos holographic handheld game is even briefly shown and discussed by co-creator Roger Hector..
What's Up America! was an early reality TV show that aired on Showtime from 1979-1981. The Copyright 1982 date at the end is likely from when it was re-aired, as you can tell the text was added to the video and not originally part of it.
For more information about the Cosmos, read my interview with Roger Hector at:
ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/roger_hector/interview_roger_hector.html
What's Up America! mini documentary on the state of the video game industry circa 1980. Features Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, Lyle Rains (Atari VP of Engineering, Coin-Operated Games Division), and Roger Hector (Atari Manager of Advanced Products). Although the focus is primarily on Atari coin-op games, arcade games from other companies are shown, and Atari's unreleased Cosmos holographic handheld game is even briefly shown and discussed by co-creator Roger Hector..
What's Up America! was an early reality TV show that aired on Showtime from 1979-1981. The Copyright 1982 date at the end is likely from when it was re-aired, as you can tell the text was added to the video and not originally part of it.
For more information about the Cosmos, read my interview with Roger Hector at:
ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/roger_hector/interview_roger_hector.html
