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090			_aGV1469.3 _b.D55 2011
092			_a794.8 _bD579
100	1		_aDillon, Roberto.
245	1	4	_aThe golden age of video games _h[electronic resource] : _bthe birth of a multi-billon dollar industry / _cRoberto Dillon ; [with a foreword by Ted Dabney].
260			_aBoca Raton, Fla. : _bA.K. Peters/CRC Press, _c2011.
300			_axxvi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.).
500			_a"An A.K. Peters book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
530			_aAlso available in print edition.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		0	_aVideo games _xHistory.
650		0	_aElectronic games _xHistory.
650		0	_aComputer games _xHistory.
650		0	_aVideo games industry.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
700	1		_aDabney, Ted.
776	1		_z9781439873236
856	4	0	_uhttp://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439873243 _qapplication/PDF _zDistributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access.
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