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Save the Game Season 1

Returning Series 2025

Save the Game Season 1 Plot

This documentary series traces the rise of Korea's video game industry, from its scrappy 20th-century origins to its modern globe-spanning influence.

Season 1 Episodes

3 episodes
1
Save the Game
Dec 29, 2025
The beginning of the history of Korean gaming, starting with the 1987 package game ‘Legend of the New Sword’, followed by ‘Astonishia Story’, ‘Genesis’, and then the online games ‘Kingdom of the Winds’ and ‘Lineage’. A documentary that tells the story of the first generation of game developers who created their own games in Korea in the past, when there was no job as a ‘game developer’, who, why, and how they started developing games in Korea, which was a wasteland for games.
2
On the Line
Dec 29, 2025
The gaming industry reached its peak in the 2000s with the advent of Korea, ‘Land of the Winds’, ‘Lineage’, etc. “the era of online games”. Giant capital games appear in the increasingly sophisticated gaming industry and the ever-increasing expectations of users. A documentary that looks at the meaning of games, from the Hwayangyeonhwa of the game industry to the 2000s, a turbulent time, to the present.
3
GG: How Korean Gamers Are Made
Dec 29, 2025
At this point, Korea has now become a country where 70% of the entire population enjoys games, a country that cannot be left out when discussing games, and a country that is sincere about games. A documentary that focuses on Korean gamers who have taken over the world.