Video Games
By: by Len Buckwalter.
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780448141381
Subjects: Video games.
Genres: Non-fiction
Other titles: Videogames
Description: This trade paperback version has 4 extra pictures, not present in the mass market paperback. (1.) People outside window where multiple TV sets are below sign saying "Games People Play", Top half of page 144. (2.) Two children at game table playing, "Video Action: Hockey!! Tennis!! Soccer!!" Top half of page 144. (3.)  picture of Odyssey 4000, bottom of page 141. (4.) Children sitting and playing in front of TV, with Channel F sitting on top of it, bottom half of page 155.

This trade paperback version is missing the following sections from the mass market paperback Chapter 7 sections; "Dream Up More Games", "Crossover", "Topsy-Turvy", "High-Handedness", "Time Trials", "Shifty Game".
Table of contents: title: 9
label: Chapter 1. The New Playing Field; title: 16
label: Chapter 2. What Is a Videogame?; title: 16
label: The Game Console; title: 17
label: Boundaries; title: 22
label: Paddle; title: 25
label: Ball Speed; title: 27
label: Ball Angle; title: 28
label: Scoring; title: 31
label: Bleep-Zonk-Plink; title: 32
label: The B&P; title: 33
label: Chapter 3. Playing with Ball-and-Paddle; title: 33
label: Tennis; title: 35
label: Hockey; title: 37
label: Handball; title: 37
label: Squash; title: 38
label: Catch; title: 39
label: Chapter 4. How to Shop for a Videogame; title: 39
label: Number of Players; title: 40
label: Solo Play; title: 43
label: Control Movement; title: 44
label: Control Feel; title: 45
label: Playing Speed; title: 45
label: English; title: 46
label: Serve; title: 46
label: Handicap Control; title: 47
label: Scoring; title: 48
label: Remote Controls; title: 48
label: Repeating Patterns; title: 49
label: Color; title: 50
label: Time-Out; title: 50
label: Realism; title: 51
label: Other Shopping Tips; title: 52
label: Chapter 5. Hooking It to Your TV Set; title: 54
label: Switch Box; title: 56
label: Cable and Master Antennas; title: 57
label: The Game Cable; title: 57
label: Hooking to Several TV Sets; title: 58
label: A Source of Electricity; title: 60
label: Choosing a Channel; title: 60
label: Adjusting the TV Set; title: 62
label: Room Lighting; title: 63
label: Chapter 6. What to Do in Case of Trouble; title: 63
label: Warranties; title: 65
label: In the Store; title: 65
label: Read the Instructions?; title: 66
label: Heavenly Peace; title: 66
label: Hot Adaptors; title: 67
label: No Game Appears on Screen; title: 68
label: Blurry Game Picture; title: 69
label: Jittery Image; title: 69
label: Buzzing Sound in TV; title: 70
label: Slanting Lines; title: 71
label: Rolling Images; title: 72
label: Top or Bottom Cut Off; title: 75
label: Sides Cut Off; title: 76
label: Bars or Pictures Behind Image; title: 77
label: Chapter 7. Secrets of the Video Champs; title: 77
label: Ingenious Engineers; title: 78
label: Electronic Quirks; title: 79
label: Control Sensitivity; title: 79
label: Player Variations; title: 80
label: Psych Out; title: 80
label: Nervous Service; title: 80
label: Dirty Trick; title: 80
label: Repeating Gambit; title: 81
label: Chapter 8. Shoot-'em-ups and Road-Racers; title: 83
label: Target Games; title: 83
label: Battleground; title: 85
label: Road Racing; title: 87
label: Chapter 9. Games With Brains; title: 87
label: Channel F; title: 93
label: Video Vegas; title: 95
label: Studio II; title: 96
label: Bowling; title: 96
label: The Home Computer; title: 99
label: Chapter 10. Make Up Your Own Games; title: 99
label: Solo Mio; title: 100
label: Switch Hitter; title: 101
label: Left-right, Right-left; title: 101
label: Cross Purposes; title: 102
label: Dominant Hand; title: 102
label: Time Factor; title: 102
label: Penalty Box Hockey; title: 103
label: Dodge Ball; title: 103
label: Constructing Your Own Playing Field; title: 112
label: Chapter 11. Consumer's Guide to Videogames; title: 113
label: TV Fun Game (Model 401); title: 114
label: Pong (Model C-100); title: 115
label: Super Pong (Model C-140); title: 116
label: Super Pong Ten (Model C-180); title: 117
label: Bag-A-Tel; title: 118
label: Telstar (Model 6040; title: 119
label: Telstar Classic; title: 120
label: Telstar Alpha; title: 121
label: Tele-Pong (Model 3047); title: 122
label: Conic (Model TVG 101-4); title: 123
label: Conic (Model TVG 102-4); title: 124
label: Nose T' Nose (Model 1006); title: 125
label: Four-Way Video Game (Model 1004); title: 126
label: Channel F; title: 128
label: Face-Off Hockey/Soccer; title: 129
label: Fantasia 101; title: 130
label: Video Sport; title: 131
label: Heathkit (Model GD-1999); title: 132
label: Colorgame; title: 134
label: TV Sports 802; title: 136
label: Tournament 2000; title: 134
label: TV Sports 802; title: 137
label: Odyssey 300 (model 7500); title: 138
label: Odyssey 400 (Model 7516); title: 139
label: Odyssey 500 (Model 7520); title: 140
label: Odyssey 2000 (Model BH7510); title: 140
label: Odyssey 3000 (Model BH7511); title: 140
label: Odyssey 4000 (Model BH7530); title: 141
label: Model 4305; title: 142
label: Ricochet (Model MT1A); title: 143
label: Ricochet Challenger (Model MT3A); title: 143
label: Ricochet Champion (Model MT2A); title: 143
label: TV Sports 77; title: 145
label: Adversary; title: 146
label: Quadtronics (Model Q376); title: 147
label: Quadtronics (Model Q476); title: 148
label: Studio II; title: 150
label: TV Scoreboard; title: 151
label: Tele-Match (Model 4400, 6600, 7700); title: 152
label: Gorilla Game (Model TG-101); title: 153
label: Gorilla Game (Model TG-102); title: 154
label: Video Action IV "Indy 500"; title: 156
label: Tournament (Model 101); title: 157
label: Video Sports (Model VSV-1); title: 158
label: Superscore