The Resource The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, Steven L. Kent ; [foreword by Peter Molyneux]
The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, Steven L. Kent ; [foreword by Peter Molyneux]
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 608 p.
- Contents
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- The world before Pong
- Forgotten fathers
- Father of the industry
- And then there was Pong
- The king and court
- The jackals
- "Could you repeat that two more times?"
- Strange bedfellows
- The return of Bushnell
- The golden age (part 1: 1979-1980)
- The golden age (part 2: 1981-1983)
- The battle for the home
- A case of two gorillas
- The fall
- The aftermath
- Album covers
- We tried to keep from laughing
- The seeds of competition
- The birth of Sega
- The new empire
- The legal game
- The year of hardware
- Run for the money
- The war
- Moral kombat
- The "next" generation (part 1)
- The "next" generation (part 2)
- the mainstream and all its perils
- And the cycle continues
- Three horses and a pony
- Isbn
- 9780761536437
- Label
- The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world
- Title
- The ultimate history of video games
- Title remainder
- from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven L. Kent ; [foreword by Peter Molyneux]
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- MHB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kent, Steve L
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Video games
- Electronic games
- Label
- The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, Steven L. Kent ; [foreword by Peter Molyneux]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- The world before Pong -- Forgotten fathers -- Father of the industry -- And then there was Pong -- The king and court -- The jackals -- "Could you repeat that two more times?" -- Strange bedfellows -- The return of Bushnell -- The golden age (part 1: 1979-1980) -- The golden age (part 2: 1981-1983) -- The battle for the home -- A case of two gorillas -- The fall -- The aftermath -- Album covers -- We tried to keep from laughing -- The seeds of competition -- The birth of Sega -- The new empire -- The legal game -- The year of hardware -- Run for the money -- The war -- Moral kombat -- The "next" generation (part 1) -- The "next" generation (part 2) -- the mainstream and all its perils -- And the cycle continues -- Three horses and a pony
- Control code
- 54466996
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 608 p.
- Isbn
- 9780761536437
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- Label
- The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, Steven L. Kent ; [foreword by Peter Molyneux]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- The world before Pong -- Forgotten fathers -- Father of the industry -- And then there was Pong -- The king and court -- The jackals -- "Could you repeat that two more times?" -- Strange bedfellows -- The return of Bushnell -- The golden age (part 1: 1979-1980) -- The golden age (part 2: 1981-1983) -- The battle for the home -- A case of two gorillas -- The fall -- The aftermath -- Album covers -- We tried to keep from laughing -- The seeds of competition -- The birth of Sega -- The new empire -- The legal game -- The year of hardware -- Run for the money -- The war -- Moral kombat -- The "next" generation (part 1) -- The "next" generation (part 2) -- the mainstream and all its perils -- And the cycle continues -- Three horses and a pony
- Control code
- 54466996
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 608 p.
- Isbn
- 9780761536437
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
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