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Author : Ken Uston
Publisher : Signet
ISBN 13 : 9780451119018
Total Pages : 675 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Ken Uston's Guide to Buying and Beating the Home Video Games written by Ken Uston and published by Signet. This book was released on 1982 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 919 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Games Machines written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark J. P. Wolf
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814337228
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Before the Crash written by Mark J. P. Wolf and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash of 1983 that ended the medium’s golden age. Following the first appearance of arcade video games in 1971 and home video game systems in 1972, the commercial video game market was exuberant with fast-paced innovation and profit. New games, gaming systems, and technologies flooded into the market until around 1983, when sales of home game systems dropped, thousands of arcades closed, and major video game makers suffered steep losses or left the market altogether. In Before the Crash: Early Video Game History, editor Mark J. P. Wolf assembles essays that examine the fleeting golden age of video games, an era sometimes overlooked for older games’ lack of availability or their perceived "primitiveness" when compared to contemporary video games. In twelve chapters, contributors consider much of what was going on during the pre-crash era: arcade games, home game consoles, home computer games, handheld games, and even early online games. The technologies of early video games are investigated, as well as the cultural context of the early period—from aesthetic, economic, industrial, and legal perspectives. Since the video game industry and culture got their start and found their form in this era, these years shaped much of what video games would come to be. This volume of early history, then, not only helps readers to understand the pre-crash era, but also reveals much about the present state of the industry. Before the Crash will give readers a thorough overview of the early days of video games along with a sense of the optimism, enthusiasm, and excitement of those times. Students and teachers of media studies will enjoy this compelling volume.
Author : Ken Uston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ken Uston's Illustrated Guide to the IBM PC. written by Ken Uston and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark J.P. Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135205183
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The Video Game Theory Reader written by Mark J.P. Wolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. Today, video games make up a multi-billion dollar industry that rivals television and film. The Video Game Theory Reader brings together exciting new work on the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. Drawing upon examples from widely popular games ranging from Space Invaders to Final Fantasy IX and Combat Flight Simulator 2, the contributors discuss the relationship between video games and other media; the shift from third- to first-person games; gamers and the gaming community; and the important sociological, cultural, industrial, and economic issues that surround gaming. The Video Game Theory Reader is the essential introduction to a fascinating and rapidly expanding new field of media studies.
Author : Nick Montfort
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262539764
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Racing the Beam written by Nick Montfort and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS, the gaming system for popular games like Pac-Man and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home video game market so completely that “Atari” became the generic term for a video game console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which established new techniques, mechanics, and even entire genres. This book offers a detailed and accessible study of this influential video game console from both computational and cultural perspectives. Studies of digital media have rarely investigated platforms—the systems underlying computing. This book, the first in a series of Platform Studies, does so, developing a critical approach that examines the relationship between platforms and creative expression. Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost discuss the Atari VCS itself and examine in detail six game cartridges: Combat, Adventure, Pac-Man, Yars' Revenge, Pitfall!, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. They describe the technical constraints and affordances of the system and track developments in programming, gameplay, interface, and aesthetics. Adventure, for example, was the first game to represent a virtual space larger than the screen (anticipating the boundless virtual spaces of such later games as World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto), by allowing the player to walk off one side into another space; and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was an early instance of interaction between media properties and video games. Montfort and Bogost show that the Atari VCS—often considered merely a retro fetish object—is an essential part of the history of video games.
Author : Ken Uston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
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Author : Brett Weiss
Publisher : Schiffer + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1507300379
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)
Download or read book 100 Greatest Console Video Games written by Brett Weiss and published by Schiffer + ORM. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Production histories, reviews, gameplay details, and more Video games from many companies and platforms, placed in context with games today Numerous quotes about the games from industry professionals
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Total Pages : 1210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Popular Computing written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jamie Lendino
Publisher : Ziff Davis
ISBN 13 : 1732355207
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)
Download or read book Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming written by Jamie Lendino and published by Ziff Davis. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sprawl of Adventure. The addictiveness of Breakout. The intensity of Space Invaders. Once upon a time, you could only experience this kind of excitement at the arcade. But in 1977 that changed forever. You, and maybe a friend or a sibling, could instantly teleport from your own living room to a dazzling new world—with nothing more than a small plastic cartridge. This was the promise of the Atari 2600—and it was delivered in ways no one ever expected. No, the games it put on your TV weren’t what you saw when you plunked in your quarters at the convenience store or in the noisy, smoky business on the other side of town. But they brought the arcade home—and it hasn’t left since. With Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming, Jamie Lendino takes you to the front lines of the home gaming revolution, exploring the history of the world-changing console and delves into the coin-op ports and original titles that still influence gaming today. Before your next trip to a magical universe with your Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or Nintendo Switch, see how the home gaming industry truly began.
Author : Brett Weiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984 written by Brett Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference highlights popular video games of the 1970s and early 1980s, covering virtually every official U.S. release for programmable home game consoles of the pre-Nintendo NES era. The book is organized alphabetically by console brand, with encyclopedia-style entries for every game released for that console.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leonard Herman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Phoenix written by Leonard Herman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe Campbell
Publisher : Signet Book
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Timex Personal Computer Made Simple written by Joe Campbell and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1982 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Thomas Gillespie
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Senior High School Paperback Collection written by John Thomas Gillespie and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1986 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an annotated list of more than four thousand paperbacks, including fiction, poetry, and books on religion, art, crafts, sports, science, music, history, and education.
Author : R.R. Bowker Company
Publisher : New York : Bowker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Bowker's Complete Sourcebook of Personal Computing, 1985 written by R.R. Bowker Company and published by New York : Bowker. This book was released on 1984 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides Listings of Hardware, Software & Peripherals Currently Available, as Well as Books, Magazines, Clubs, User Groups & Virtually All Other Microcomputer-related Services. Includes Background Information & Glossary
Author : Günter Friedrichs
Publisher : Signet Book
ISBN 13 : 9780451622372
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Microelectronics and Society written by Günter Friedrichs and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1983 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
