Miniseries · Netflix
High Score
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Charles Martinet
Self - Narrator (voice)
6 eps
Doug Macrae
Self
1 eps
Mike Horowitz
Self
1 eps
Karen Lawson
Self
1 eps
Anderson Lawson
Self
1 eps
Jerry Lawson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Shaun Bloom
Self
1 eps
Jeff Hansen
Self
1 eps
John Kirby
Self
1 eps
Ken Williams
Self
1 eps
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Pat Buchanan
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Tom Kalinske
Self
1 eps
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Self
1 eps
Naoto Ohshima
Self
1 eps
Chris Tang
Self
1 eps
Trip Hawkins
Self
1 eps
John Madden
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Joe Ybarra
Self
1 eps
Akira Nishitani
Self
1 eps
Akira Yasuda
Self
1 eps
Takahiro Nakano
Self
1 eps
John Romero
Self
1 eps
Dylan Cuthbert
Self
1 eps
Shigeru Miyamoto
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Giles Goddard
Self
1 eps
John Carmack
Self
1 eps
Steve Golson
Self
2 eps
Toru Iwatani
Self
2 eps
Richard Garriott
Self
2 eps
Ryan Best
Self
2 eps
Tomohiro Nishikado
Self
2 eps
Gail Tilden
Self
2 eps
Yoshitaka Amano
Self
2 eps
Rebecca Heineman
Self
3 eps
Hirokazu Tanaka
Self
2 eps
Nolan Bushnell
Self
2 eps
Roberta Williams
Self
2 eps
Howard Scott Warshaw
Self
2 eps
John Tobias
Self
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How High Score actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
High Score reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Comeback Kid
A Japanese playing card company called Nintendo enters gaming and hits it big with Donkey Kong, then later takes over home gaming with the NES.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
S01E04
This is War
Sega's Genesis console and its speedy new character, Sonic, hit the market. Electronic Arts kicks off a partnership with football legend John Madden.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
S01E05
Fight!
Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat give rise to the head-to-head fighting genre, but the increasing graphic violence in games brings controversy.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
S01E06
Level Up
Nintendo goes 3D with Star Fox. Wolfenstein 3D popularizes the first-person shooter format, while Doom ups the ante with networked gaming.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
S01E03
Role Players
Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, adventure and role-playing computer games introduce unprecedented levels of choice and complexity to players.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
S01E01
Boom & Bust
Space Invaders and Pac-Man lead an arcade craze, while Atari's cartridge system dominates home gaming until a high-profile failure sparks a downfall.
- Directed by William Acks, France Costrel
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- France CostrelExecutive Producer
- Melissa WoodExecutive Producer
- Courtney CoupeExecutive Producer
Direction
- William AcksDirector
- France CostrelDirector
- Sam LaCroixDirector
- Melissa WoodDirector
Music
- Jarome HarmsworthOriginal Music Composer
- Joel HarmsworthOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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