Video Games

Edición de la obra Video Games

This book looks at the history of video games and some of the games that became popular. The first chapter tells how they became popular, and how they were made. The second chapter tells how video games started from Computer Space, to Pong and The Odyssey, home game system, and Space Invaders to Asteroids. The third chapter tells of Pac-Man and the clone type games others tried to release. the forth chapter tells of their connection with Pinball games and how video games in many arcades replaced pinball. Chapter 5 describes the home video games, with systems like Odyssey2, Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Intellivision, and ColecoVision. The sixth chapter discusses games played on home computers, and differences between them and arcade games and home system video games. The seventh chapter describes the complaints many parents had such as violence and gambling type concerns. The eighth details stand along table top electronic games. The ninth chapter tells of game design and creators of games wishing to have their names mentioned, and the formation of Activision. The tenth chapter looks at how video games might change in the future. The last chapter tells of magazine, book, and company addresses.

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