Game Machines: 1972-2012, The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds and home Computers
Series: GamePlan series
Publisher: GamePlan Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Utting, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Other titles: Spielkonsolen und Heimcomputer 1972-2009
Table of contents: title: 4
label: Preface; title: 6
label: Explanation of hardware chapters; title: 7
label: Introduction to game storage media; title: 10
label: First era: Birth of electronic games. Mainframes, arcades and TV games; title: 14
label: 1972 Magnavox Odyssey; title: 16
label: 1976 Saba Fairchild; title: 17
label: 1977 TRS-80; title: 10
label: 1977 Apple II; title: 23
label: 1977 CBM Pet; title: 24
label: 1977 Atari VCS; title: 28
label: 1978 Interton VC4000; title: 30
label: 1978 Philips 07000; title: 33
label: 1979 NEC PC-8001; title: 34
label: 1979 Atari 800; title: 39
label: 1979 Sharp MZ; title: 40
label: 1979 Mattel Intelllvislon; title: 43
label: 1979 Microvision; title: 44
label: 1981 Sinclair ZX81; title: 45
label: 1981 Texas Instruments TI99/4; title: 46
label: 1981 Commodore VC 20; title: 48
label: Second era: Videogame crash and home computer success story; title: 50
label: 1982 CBS Colecovision; title: 53
label: 1982 Entex Adventurevision; title: 54
label: 1982 Vectrex; title: 56
label: 1982 HanImex HMG 2650; title: 58
label: 1982 Sinclair Spectrum; title: 61
label: 1982 Acorn BBC B; title: 62
label: 1982 Commodore C 64; title: 67
label: 1982 VT Creativision; title: 88
label: 1982 Atari 5200; title: 70
label: 1982 Sharp X1; title: 72
label: 1983 Oric-1; title: 74
label: 1983 MSX; title: 80
label: 1983 Sega SG-1000 & Master System; title: 84
label: 1983 Nintendo Famicorn & NES; title: 89
label: 1984 Epoch Super Caseettevision; title: 90
label: 1984 Commodore 16 & Plus/4; title: 92
label: 1984 Atari 7800; title: 94
label: 1984 Amstrad CPC; title: 98
label: Third era: 16-Bit; title: 98
label: 1984 IBM PC-AT; title: 100
label: 1984 Apple Mac; title: 104
label: 1985 Atari ST; title: 106
label: 1985 Commodore Amiga; title: 112
label: 1985 Enterprise; title: 113
label: 1987 Acorn Archimedes; title: 114
label: 1987 NEC PC-Engine; title: 120
label: 1987 Sharp X68000; title: 122
label: 1988 Sega Mega Drive; title: 128
label: 1989 Nintendo Game Boy; title: 132
label: 1989 Atari Lynx; title: 134
label: 1989 FM Towns; title: 136
label: 1990 SNK Neo Geo; title: 139
label: 1990 Sega Game Gear; title: 140
label: 1990 Super Nintendo; title: 144
label: Fourth era: Rendered crazy; title: 146
label: 1991 Philips CDi; title: 149
label: 1991 Supervision; title: 150
label: 1993 Atari Jaguar; title: 152
label: 1993 Panasonic 3D0; title: 154
label: 1994 Sega Saturn; title: 158
label: 1994 Sony PlayStation; title: 162
label: 1994 NEC PC-FX; title: 163
label: 1995 Nintendo Virtual Boy; title: 164
label: 1996 Nintendo 64; title: 168
label: 1996 Bandai Pippin; title: 169
label: 1997 Tiger Gamecom; title: 170
label: Fifth era: The 21st century: Caught in the net of gaming; title: 172
label: 1998 Sega Dreamcast; title: 176
label: 1998 Nee Goo Pocket; title: 178
label: 1999 Bendel Wonderswan; title: 180
label: 2000 Sony PlayStation 2; title: 183
label: 2000 Nuon; title: 184
label: 2001 Nintendo Game Boy Advance; title: 188
label: 2001 Microsoft Xbox; title: 191
label: 2001 Nintendo Gamocube; title: 194
label: 2002 Gamepark GP32; title: 195
label: 2003 Nokia N-Gage; title: 196
label: 2004 Nintendo DS; title: 197
label: 2004 Sony PSP; title: 198
label: Other formats: Home computers; title: 200
label: Other formats: Game consoles; label: Appendix: Technical data; title: 202
label: 8-Bit home computers; title: 204
label: 8-Bit and 16-Bit game consoles; title: 206
label: 16-Bit home computers; title: 208
label: 32-Bit and CD-ROM consoles; title: 210
label: 64-Bit and DVD consoles; title: 212
label: Handhelds; title: 214
label: Multimedia handhelds; title: 215
label: Technical data: Explanations; title: 216
label: Index A: Hardware; title: 220
label: Index B: Games; title: 224
label: Bibliography; title: 224
label: Imprint