An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games: A detailed guide to the most important games; explores five decades of game evolution
By Simon Parkin.
Description
More than any other entertainment medium, videogames offer the chance for us to participate in a worldbeyond the ordinary. Whether you are playing as asupersonic hedgehog, an athletic archeologist, or amoustachioed Italian plumber, video games allow theirplayers to inhabit spaces where the usual parameters ofexistence do not apply. The medium's history ischronicled through the individual stories of 151 of themost iconic video games. Beginning in the early 1970s,the book charts five decades of the pixel revolution. Thestory of each game is accompanied by trivia andquotations, and illust...
ISBN(s)
0754823903, 9780754823902
