
High Score! Expanded
The Illustrated History of Electronic Games 3rd Edition
Rusel DeMaria(Author)
CRC Press
3rd Edition
Published on 10. December 2018
Book
Hardback
442 pages
978-1-138-36720-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
2454 farbige Abbildungen
2454 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-36720-3 (9781138367203)
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Person
Rusel DeMaria is the author or coauthor of more than sixty books, most of them in the gaming field, including Myst: The Official Strategy Guide, which sold more than 1.2 million copies, as well as one of the most comprehensive histories of the industry, High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. He founded and served as creative director for the most successful strategy guide publishing imprint in the industry and is a former senior editor and columnist for several national video game magazines.
Content
Acknowledgments. Introduction. Before the Beginning. The Seventies. The Eighties. The Nineties. Across the Pond. Across the Pacific. Credits and Permissions.