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Supercade
Van Burnham
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Description for Supercade
Paperback. A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology. Num Pages: 448 pages, color throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBT; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1978.
A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology. It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world... From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon-more than fifty million people around the world have come of age within the electronic flux of videogames, their subconscious forever etched with images projected from arcade and home videogame systems. From the first interactive blips of electronic light at Brookhaven National Labs and the creation of Spacewar! at the ... Read more
A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology. It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world... From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon-more than fifty million people around the world have come of age within the electronic flux of videogames, their subconscious forever etched with images projected from arcade and home videogame systems. From the first interactive blips of electronic light at Brookhaven National Labs and the creation of Spacewar! at the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
1977 g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262524209
SKU
V9780262524209
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-21
About Van Burnham
Van Burnham is a Contributing Editor at Wired magazine and a member of the Video Arcade Preservation Society.
Reviews for Supercade
...[A] satisfying, illuminating read. Recommended for hardcore gamers (and ex-gamers) of all ages. -Dominic Al-Badri , Kansai Time Out, Japan ...Big, glossy, comprehensive...a blitz of zippy words and zappy graphics. -Iain Finlayson, The Times Weekend Review Who can resist a book that opens by tying invention of the video game to development of the ... Read more