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100	1		_aDillon, Roberto.
245	1	4	_aThe golden age of video games : _bthe birth of a multi-billion dollar industry / _cRoberto Dillon.
260			_aBoca Raton, FL : _bA K Peters/CRC Press, _cc2011.
300			_axxvi, 183 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"With a foreword by Ted Dabney"--on cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.
505	0		_aMachine generated contents note: Part I -- The Beginning -- The Firs: Commercial Game and the First Home Console -- Atari, Pong, and the Jackals -- Pong Goes Home -- Home Consoles -- Meanwhile, in Japan... -- Computers Go Home Too! -- Games That Pushed Boundaries I -- Part II -- 1983: The Crash -- Computers, Computers, Computers -- Atari and Commodore: from Here, Where? -- Nintendo Gives Consoles an Extra Life: the NES, ROB, and Super Mario -- New Competition: the Sega Master System -- Games That Pushed Boundaries II -- Part III -- The Beginning of a New Era -- New Generations with Some of the Same Old Problems -- 1991: Sony and Nintendo? -- The PC Becomes Gaming Mature -- Games That Pushed Boundaries III -- Epilogue -- Game Over -- Press Start to Continue.
520			_a"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"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aVideo games _xHistory.
650		0	_aElectronic games _xHistory.
650		0	_aComputer games _xHistory.
650		0	_aVideo games industry.
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