The golden age of video games : the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry /: the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roberto Dillon.
• Other Names: Dillon, Roberto
• Contents: The beginning -- The first commercial game and the first home console -- Atari, Pong, and the Jackals -- Pong goes home -- Home consoles -- Meanwhile, in Japan ... -- Computers go home too! -- Games that pushed boundaries I -- 1983 : the crash -- Computers, computers, computers -- Atari and Commodore : from here, where? -- Nintendo gives consoles an extra life : the NES, ROB, and Super Mario -- New competition : the Sega master system -- Games that pushed boundaries II -- The beginning of a new era -- New generations with some of the same old problems -- 1991 : Sony and Nintendo? -- The PC becomes gaming mature -- Games that pushed boundaries III -- Game over -- Press start to continue.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : A K Peters/CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 183 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 794.8; Video games -- History; Electronic games -- History; Computer games -- History; Video games industry; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Games; GAMES -- Video & Electronic; Computer games; Electronic games; Video games; Video games industry; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439873243; 1439873240
• Related ISBNs: 9781439873236; 1439873232
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.