The Ultimate Guide to Classic Game Consoles
Published on 23. May 2013
299 pages
978-1-4566-1708-0 (ISBN)
Description
The ultimate guide to retro game consoles, an ideal reference for collectors and enthusiasts..
Write ups, specs and pictures of over 85 collectible consoles and variant models from 1972 to 2000. From the Magnavox Odyssey right through to the Sega Dreamcast.
Including the history of the evolution of electronic gaming and advice on how to collect classic consoles.
A comprehensive database of collectible consoles. Written by fellow collectors and enthusiasts.
More details
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Classic Game Console Collecting Guide
- 3 - The Evolution of Electronic Gaming
- 4 - An Overview of The First Generation Games Console Era
- 5 - What Was Pong?
- 6 - Magnavox Odyssey
- 7 - Ping-O-Tronic
- 8 - Coleco Telstar
- 9 - APF TV Fun
- 10 - Philips Odyssey 2001
- 11 - Radio Shack TV Scoreboard
- 12 - Nintendo Color TV Range
- 13 - Atari Video Pinball
- 14 - Atari Stunt Cycle
- 15 - Bildschirmspiel 01 (BSS 01)
- 16 - An Overview of The Second Generation Games Console Era
- 17 - The Great Video Game Crash Of 1983
- 18 - Gakken Compact Vision
- 19 - Nichibutsu My Vision
- 20 - Fairchild Channel F
- 21 - RCA Studio II
- 22 - Atari 2600
- 23 - Atari 2600 Jr.
- 24 - Atari 2800
- 25 - Coleco Gemini
- 26 - Bally Astrocade
- 27 - Interton VC 4000
- 28 - Magnavox Odyssey 2
- 29 - APF Imagination Machine
- 30 - Intellivision
- 31 - PlayCable
- 32 - Bandai Super Vision 8000
- 33 - Intellivision II
- 34 - CreatiVision
- 35 - Epoch Cassette Vision
- 36 - Emerson Arcadia 2001
- 37 - Atari 5200
- 38 - Atari 5200 Jr.
- 39 - ColecoVision
- 40 - Entex Adventure Vision
- 41 - Vectrex
- 42 - An Overview of The Third Generation Games Console Era
- 43 - Casio PV-1000
- 44 - Commodore 64 Games System
- 45 - Amstrad GX4000
- 46 - Atari 7800
- 47 - Tomy Pyuuta Jr.
- 48 - Dina 2 In One (2-in-1)
- 49 - Atari XEGS
- 50 - Sega SG-1000
- 51 - Sega Master System
- 52 - Nintendo Entertainment System
- 53 - NES 101
- 54 - C1 NES TV
- 55 - Famicom Disk System
- 56 - Zemmix
- 57 - Action Max
- 58 - An Overview of The Fourth Generation Games Console Era
- 59 - Sega Genesis
- 60 - Sega Mega CD
- 61 - Sega 32X
- 62 - Sharp Famicom Titler AN-510
- 63 - Capcom CPS Changer
- 64 - Katz Media Player KMP 2000
- 65 - Sega Pico
- 66 - TurboGrafx-16 / CD
- 67 - SuperGrafx
- 68 - Neo Geo
- 69 - Neo Geo CD / CDZ
- 70 - Commodore CDTV
- 71 - Memorex VIS
- 72 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- 73 - SF-1 SNES TV
- 74 - Model SNS-101 (SNES 2)
- 75 - SNES-CD
- 76 - Satellaview
- 77 - FM Towns Marty
- 78 - Philips CD-i
- 79 - TurboDuo
- 80 - Pioneer LaserActive
- 81 - Super A'Can
- 82 - An Overview Of The Fifth Generation Games Console Era
- 83 - Virtual Boy
- 84 - Bandai Pippin
- 85 - PC-FX
- 86 - Atari Jaguar
- 87 - Atari Jaguar CD
- 88 - PlayStation
- 89 - Sega Saturn
- 90 - 3DO
- 91 - Amiga CD32
- 92 - Casio Loopy
- 93 - Playdia
- 94 - Nintendo 64
- 95 - Nintendo 64DD
- 96 - Panasonic 3DO M2
- 97 - Sega Dreamcast
- 98 - Summary
