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The golden age of video games (Record no. 15152)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781439873243 (ebook : PDF)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency FlBoTFG
Transcribing agency FlBoTFG
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) GV1469.3
Local cutter number (OCLC) ; Book number/undivided call number, CALL (RLIN) .D55 2011
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 794.8
Item number D579
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dillon, Roberto.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The golden age of video games
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title the birth of a multi-billon dollar industry /
Statement of responsibility, etc Roberto Dillon ; [with a foreword by Ted Dabney].
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Boca Raton, Fla. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc A.K. Peters/CRC Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxvi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. (some col.).
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "An A.K. Peters book."
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The beginning -- The first commercial game and the first home console -- Atari, Pong, and the Jackals -- Pong goes home -- Home consoles -- Meanwhile, in Japan ... -- Computers go home too! -- Games that pushed boundaries I -- 1983 : the crash -- Computers, computers, computers -- Atari and Commodore : from here, where? -- Nintendo gives consoles an extra life : the NES, ROB, and Super Mario -- New competition : the Sega master system -- Games that pushed boundaries II -- The beginning of a new era -- New generations with some of the same old problems -- 1991 : Sony and Nintendo? -- The PC becomes gaming mature -- Games that pushed boundaries III -- Game over -- Press start to continue.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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.
530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE
Additional physical form available note Also available in print edition.
538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE
System details note Mode of access: World Wide Web.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Video games
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Electronic games
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer games
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Video games industry.
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term lcsh
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dabney, Ted.
776 1# - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
International Standard Book Number 9781439873236
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439873243
Electronic format type application/PDF
Public note Distributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access.

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