The golden age of video games
Subtitle: the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry
By: Roberto Dillon
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781439873236
Subjects: History; COMPUTERS / Programming / Games; Video games industry; Video games; Computer games; Electronic games
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.