Screen Play: The Story of Video Games
By: by George Sullivan.
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Company Inc.
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Video games -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Video games -- History.; Electronic games -- History.; Games -- History.
Description: Traces the development of video games since 1966 when an electronics engineer named Ralph Baer invented and marketed the Odyssey home game system.
Notes: Includes Glossary and index.
Table of contents: label: 1. Revolution
title: 1; label: 2. How Games Work
title: 7; label: 3. Video-Game Pioneer
title: 17; label: 4. King Pong
title: 28; label: 5. The First Big Hits
title: 38; label: 6. Designing the Games-I
title: 48; label: 7. Designing the Games-II
title: 58; label: 8. The War Over Video Games
title: 65; label: 9. Today and Tomorrow
title: 74; label: Glossary
title: 84; label: Index
title: 86