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Vintage Game Consoles - An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time (Hardcover)
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Vintage Game Consoles - An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time (Hardcover)
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Vintage Game Consoles tells the story of the most influential
videogame platforms of all time, including the Apple II, Commodore
64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Sony
PlayStation, and many more. It uncovers the details behind the
consoles, computers, handhelds, and arcade machines that made
videogames possible. Drawing on extensive research and the authors
own lifelong experience with videogames, Vintage Game Consoles
explores each system s development, history, fan community, its
most important games, and information for collectors and emulation
enthusiasts. It also features hundreds of exclusive full-color
screenshots and images that help bring each system s unique story
to life. Vintage Game Consoles is the ideal book for gamers,
students, and professionals who want to know the story behind their
favorite computers, handhelds, and consoles, without forgetting
about why they play in the first place the fun! Bill Loguidice is a
critically acclaimed technology author who has worked on over a
dozen books, including CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy s
Underdog Computer, written with Boisy G. Pitre. He s also the
co-founder and Managing Director for the popular Website, Armchair
Arcade. A noted videogame and computer historian and subject matter
expert, Bill personally owns and maintains well over 400 different
systems from the 1970s to the present day, including a large volume
of associated materials. Matt Barton is an associate professor of
English at Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, Minnesota,
where he lives with his wife Elizabeth. He s the producer of the
"Matt Chat," a weekly YouTube series featuring in-depth interviews
with notable game developers. In addition to the original Vintage
Games, which he co-authored with Bill, he s author of Dungeons and
Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games and Honoring
the Code: Conversations with Great
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