The golden age of video games the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry
"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 o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
A K Peters/CRC Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627775106719 |
| Sumario: | "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"-- |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781040053607 9780429063374 9781138427860 9781439873243 |
