Golden Age of Video Games

Name: Golden Age of Video Games
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

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 > 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. > FROM RESEARCH LABS AND ACADEMIA TO THE BIRTH AND BOOMING OF A NEW INDUSTRY: The Beginning. The First Commercial Game and the First Home Console. Atari, Pong and the Jackals. Pong Goes Home. Home Consoles. Meanwhile, In Japan ... Computers Go Home Too! Across The Pond: Sinclair. Games That Pushed B1