The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond--the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world /
Steven L. Kent.
Bok Engelsk 2001 Steve L. Kent,· Electronic books
| Utgitt | Roseville, Calif. : : Prima, , c2001.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xvi, 608 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Foreword by Peter Molyneux -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- The World Before Pong -- Forgotten Fathers -- Father of the Industry -- And Then There Was Pong -- The King and Court -- The Jackals -- "Could You Repeat That Two More Times?" -- Strange Bedfellows -- The Return of Bushnell -- The Golden Age (Part 1: 1979-1980) -- The Golden Age (Part 2: 1981-1983) -- The Battle for the Home -- A Case of Two Gorillas -- The Fall -- The Aftermath -- Album Covers -- We Tried to Keep from Laughing -- The Seeds of Competition -- The Birth of Sega -- The New Empire -- The Legal Game -- The Year of Hardware -- Run for the Money -- The War -- Moral Kombat -- The "Next" Generation (Part 1) -- The "Next" Generation (Part 2) -- The Mainstream and All Its Perils -- And the Cycle Continues -- Three Horses and a Pony.. - Traces the history and development of video games, providing information on the first games, influential developers, how the games have changed over the years, and the most popular games.
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| ISBN | 0-307-56087-2
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