High Score
Delmar Cengage Learning (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-4354-5439-2 (ISBN)
Description
HIGH SCORE, THIRD EDITION is a lavishly-illustrated full-color retrospective with 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. This book presents a comprehensive, visual history to the video games that have shaped the industry. It highlights the games, companies, pioneers, and visionaries who have made the industry what it is today. This latest edition will has been completely updated to include newer influential games such as World of Warcraft that continue to define the direction of game development.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Clifton Park
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4354-5439-2 (9781435454392)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
PART I: BEFORE THE BEGINNING. PART II: THE 70S. PART III: THE 80S. PART IV: THE 90S.