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In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry.
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·High Score! is the only full-color comprehensive overview of the history of electronic games. It has garnered praise from fans and industry insiders alike.
·The new edition will correct a few mistakes and omissions that were noted after the book published. It will also add new information that we were not able to include in the first edition, particularly on game development in Europe and Japan, as well as bring the book up-to-date with the latest developments in the US market.
·This book is designed to take people back, to commemorate the long, strange journey the industry has taken'from the garages of a few teenaged geniuses to the steel-and-glass high-rises of Sony, the sprawling campus of Microsoft, and the cubicle-filled offices of development teams all over the world.
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In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry.
From the Publisher
·The new edition will correct a few mistakes and omissions that were noted after the book published. It will also add new information that we were not able to include in the first edition, particularly on game development in Europe and Japan, as well as bring the book up-to-date with the latest developments in the US market.
·This book is designed to take people back, to commemorate the long, strange journey the industry has taken'from the garages of a few teenaged geniuses to the steel-and-glass high-rises of Sony, the sprawling campus of Microsoft, and the cubicle-filled offices of development teams all over the world.
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In this section, we very briefly turn back the clock to revisit some of the key events in the history of technology, without which there could have been no electronic games. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
In this section, we very briefly turn back the clock to revisit some of the key events in the history of technology, without which there could have been no electronic games. Read the first page
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