The Golden Age of Video Games - The Birth of a Multibillion Dollar Industry (Paperback)


"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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"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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Imprint

Taylor & Francis

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 2011

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Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

2011

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

218

ISBN-13

978-1-4398-7323-6

Barcode

9781439873236

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LSN

1-4398-7323-2



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