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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Boxtree (20 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0752226258
ISBN-13: 978-0752226255
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.2 x 3.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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At last, the video game equivalent of the film guide is here! Six years in the making, The Video Games Guide is a lovingly compiled A to Z bible of the good, the bad and the obscure from over forty years of video gaming. Packed with engaging and insightful reviews, choice nuggets of trivia and displaying a true passion and knowledge of its subject, the guide also includes full-colour screenshots of every five-star rated game. This colour section shows a ‘visual timeline’ of video games, allowing fans to track the wondrous progress of game graphics from 1962’s Spacewar right through to the present day.

Cross-referenced appendices detail the best-known game designers, a full year-by-year listing of consoles and computers, a chronological list of all the games included in the guide and information about major gaming awards, making The Video Games Guide a truly essential reference book for the gaming fan and industry professional alike.

From Pong to PlayStation 3, it is both an archive and a celebration of all the games that have enthralled, challenged and entertained us through the years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent video games guide, 30 Oct 2006

By	Paul Johns (Berkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Does what it says on the tin ! A brilliant guide to some of the best games from the last 40 years, from Pong to the PSX3.

Has a lot of Speccy/C64 reviews so you'll recognise a lot of the games if you are a UK based retro gamer.

Has a lot of colour pictures in the middle, pity there isnt a screenshot next to each game but that doesnt ruin the book. Excellent read and one of the best retro books i've bought the last year.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Preserving the heritage of video gaming, 23 Oct 2006

By	James Green - See all my reviews

For many years its felt like video games have been classed as disposable entertainment. Not any more - at last it seems that the industry is starting to preserve its rich heritage. Thanks to a whole wave of retro compilations, Xbox Live Arcade, and now The Video Games Guide I feel the tipping point has been reached.
The Video Games Guide is actually not a product of the industry it comes from a gamer, Matt Fox, who has dedicated himself to reviewing and rating pretty much every game ever released. Every review also lists the year of release and the publisher, and at the back of the book are a number of detailed appendices. One of the appendices lists all the famous games designers and what games they worked on and you may find it fascinating to see the career paths of these often-unsung men and women. All the games that get the maximum five star rating have a screenshot in the centre of the book and this is also interesting as you get to follow how graphics have improved from the earliest game in 1962 to the latest hits of 2006.
I think video-gaming has been waiting for a definitive book like this and as Tim and Chris Stamper, the founders of Rare software house say in the introduction `not before time'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last a video games equivalent of a film guide is here!!!!, 28 May 2009

By	Dragonlord (Cornwall) - See all my reviews

Matt Fox must has been a gamer for nearly 30 years and must play games nearly 24/7 as this book covers over a thousand games easily. The amount of time it must have taken one person to do such a book based on video games is mind blowing. The first game he reviews is called Spacewars which came out in 1962 and, could only be played on a machine called the DEC PDP-1. Nine years later in 1971 Atari did a remake called Computer Space which was a lot more availabe to the mass market. Some of the more recent games he covers are World Of Warcraft, Shadow Of The Clossus and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to name, but just a small few which brings us right up to 2006. What I really enjoyed is that I have owned the following systems a Spectrum, NES, SNES, N64, PS2 and two PC's. With all the machines that I have owned, I have had at least one 5 star game. Mr Fox is a tough reviewer so that really pleased me as there is only just over one hundred games he gives five stars. It even inspired me to by these two PS2 games Rez and Ico. Also when I brought myself a new PC two years ago my old one was at least ten years old. I got myself Half Life 2 as well because I loved the first Half Life game which was also the first game I got for my first PC. All in all this is is a great book on video games and any true gamer real enjoy the read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Have to agree that this left me a little cold....
Like another of my fellow reviewers, although there's a lot of info in the book, it IS a little too selective, dwells only on the first of a series in many case, and there were... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Mr. D. P. Evans

1.0 out of 5 stars Not much more than a list of games...
This book is great if you dont really know much about games and you want to find a few new titles tht you may never have heard of. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Luke Topham

1.0 out of 5 stars Not really a guide
was bought this for a birthday present and i found it to be a pretty throw away affair, the biggest problem is its basically just a series of opinions on games Matt fox has played... Read more

Published 6 months ago by Mr. Simon E. Rushworth

5.0 out of 5 stars A true guide
"The Video Games Guide" not only helps the reader choosing the best and most importante games in the video games' history as it also tells us about those we can avoid. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Telmo Mendes Leal

1.0 out of 5 stars Very basic guide to computer games.
I purchased this book as I am writing a series are articles on Computer Games, and was impressed by all the 5 Star reviews this book had. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Yuki

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive video games guide!
I recently bought Matt Fox' "Video Games Guide" and I can honestly say, it's super! A must! His approach works so much better : I love to read one person's opinion. Read more

Published on 20 Sep 2007 by Julian De Backer

5.0 out of 5 stars At last!
If, like me, you are a child of the 70s and 80s and started your love affair with gaming playing bat and ball games on the atari, then loading from tape on the speccy and now find... Read more

Published on 30 Nov 2006 by J. Thoms

5.0 out of 5 stars At last!
What a gem this book is! I picked it up intending to glean some advice on my next game purchase and instead found myself taking a trip down memory lane. Read more

Published on 13 Nov 2006 by R. Blain

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