The golden age of video games [electronic resource] : the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry / Roberto Dillon ; [with a foreword by Ted Dabney].
Dillon, Roberto.; Dabney, Ted.
2011
GV1469.3 .D55 2011eb
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Title The golden age of video games [electronic resource] : the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry / Roberto Dillon ; [with a foreword by Ted Dabney].
Author Dillon, Roberto.
ISBN 9781439873243 (electronic bk.)
9781439873236 (pbk.)
Publication Details Boca Raton, Fla. : A K Peters/CRC Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 183 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Call Number GV1469.3 .D55 2011eb
Summary "This book focuses on the history of video games, consoles, and home computers from the very beginning until the mid-nineties, which started a new era in digital entertainment. The text features the most innovative games and introduces the pioneers who developed them. It offers brief analyses of the most relevant games from each time period. An epilogue covers the events and systems that followed this golden age while the appendices include a history of handheld games and an overview of the retro-gaming scene"-- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Dabney, Ted.
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The beginning
The first commercial game and the first home console
Atari, Pong, and the Jackals
Pong goes home
Home consoles
Meanwhile, in Japan ...
Computers go home too!
Games that pushed boundaries I
1983 : the crash
Computers, computers, computers
Atari and Commodore : from here, where?
Nintendo gives consoles an extra life : the NES, ROB, and Super Mario
New competition : the Sega master system
Games that pushed boundaries II
The beginning of a new era
New generations with some of the same old problems
1991 : Sony and Nintendo?
The PC becomes gaming mature
Games that pushed boundaries III
Game over
Press start to continue.

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