The Bits of Yesterday

Name: The Bits of Yesterday
Director: Darrin Peloquin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-04-20
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.5

2018108m

★ 6.5

Documentary

In this panoptic documentary on the niche culture of the retro video game collector, follow gaming enthusiasts and fans as they relive their childhood memories, make new ones and champion to keep an antiquated media format alive.

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