High Score!, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 16. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-07-223172-4 (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.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
400 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1241 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-223172-4 (9780072231724)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Rusel DeMaria | Johnny Wilson
High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
Book
05/2002
McGraw-Hill Professional
€23.51
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Persons
Rusel DeMaria (Grants Pass, OR) has been an observer and/or participant in the electronic gaming industry since its inception. Beginning in 1980, he began writing professionally about games. He has written nearly 60 strategy guides and is acknowledged as one of the pioneers of that book genre. In addition to his books, Rusel has been a senior editor and columnist for several national magazines. Johnny L. Wilson (Seattle, WA) is Group Publisher for Wizards of the Coasts magazine group, which includes Dragon, Dungeon, Top Deck, Star Wars Gamer and Star Wars Insider. He is perhaps better known as the former editor-in-chief of Computer Gaming World (1992-1999), the premier magazine for computer-gaming fans.
Content
Before the Beginning The 70s The 80s The 90s Appendix A Appendix B