The encyclopedia of game.machines : consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972-2005

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Title:

The encyclopedia of game.machines : consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972-2005

Author:

Forster, Winnie.

ISBN:

9783000153594

Edition:

[rev. and expanded ed.]

Publication Information:

Utting, Germany : Winnie Forster/Gameplan, 2005.

Physical Description:

224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject Term:

Games.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	794.8 FOR	Searching... Unknown

More than 450 dream machines, from million-dollar sellers to exotic variants, are celebrated in this exhaustive reference to video gaming systems. The near-ubiquity of video games means that nearly every reader will have owned, played, or heard about at least a handful of the machines included, whether from Europe, Japan, or the United States. Beyond just images of the gaming decks, the book covers classic software in all of its authentic, pixilated glory, as well as key technical facts for each console and operating system. With nostalgia and an archivist's attention to detail, this compendium of virtual competition looks back on 33 years of staring at screens and furiously pressing buttons.

Author Notes

Winnie Forster is the cofounder and editor of the German game magazines Man!ac , PowerPlay , and VideoGames .

Preface	p. 4
Explanation of hardware chapters	p. 6
Introduction to game storage media	p. 7
Era 1 Birth of electronic games. Mainframes, arcades and TV games	p. 10
1972 Magnavox Odyssey	p. 14
1976 Saba Fairchild	p. 16
1977 TRS-80	p. 17
1977 Apple II	p. 19
1977 CBM Pet	p. 23
1977 Atari VCS	p. 24
1978 Interton VC4000	p. 28
1978 Philips G7000	p. 30
1979 NEC PC-8001	p. 33
1979 Atari 800	p. 34
1979 Sharp MZ	p. 39
1979 Mattel Intellivision	p. 40
1979 Microvision	p. 43
1981 Sinclair ZX81	p. 44
1981 Texas Instruments TI99/4	p. 45
1981 Commodore VC 20	p. 46
Era 2 Videogame crash and home computer success story	p. 48
1982 CBS Colecovision	p. 50
1982 Entex Adventurevision	p. 53
1982 Vectrex	p. 54
1982 Hanimex HMG 2650	p. 56
1982 Sinclair Spectrum	p. 58
1982 Acorn BBC B	p. 61
1982 Commodore C 64	p. 62
1982 VT Creativision	p. 67
1982 Atari 5200	p. 68
1982 Sharp X1	p. 70
1983 Oric-1	p. 72
1983 MSX	p. 74
1983 Sega SG-1000 & Master System	p. 80
1983 Nintendo Famicom & NES	p. 84
1984 Epoch Super Cassettevision	p. 89
1984 Commodore 16 & Plus/4	p. 90
1984 Atari 7800	p. 92
1984 Amstrad CPC	p. 94
Era 3 16-Bit	p. 96
1984 IBM PC-AT	p. 98
1984 Apple Mac	p. 100
1985 Atari ST	p. 104
1985 Commodore Amiga	p. 106
1985 Enterprise	p. 112
1987 Acorn Archimedes	p. 113
1987 NEC PC-Engine	p. 114
1987 Sharp X68000	p. 120
1988 Sega Mega Drive	p. 122
1989 Nintendo Game Boy	p. 128
1989 Atari Lynx	p. 132
1989 FM Towns	p. 134
1990 SNK Neo Geo	p. 136
1990 Sega Game Gear	p. 139
1990 Super Nintendo	p. 140
Era 4 Rendered crazy	p. 144
1991 Philips CDi	p. 146
1991 Supervision	p. 149
1993 Atari Jaguar	p. 150
1993 Panasonic 3DO	p. 152
1994 Sega Saturn	p. 154
1994 Sony PlayStation	p. 158
1994 NEC PC-FX	p. 162
1995 Nintendo Virtual Boy	p. 163
1996 Nintendo 64	p. 164
1996 Bandai Pippin	p. 168
1997 Tiger Gamecom	p. 169
Era 5 The 21st century: Caught in the net of gaming	p. 170
1998 Sega Dreamcast	p. 172
1998 Neo Geo Pocket	p. 176
1999 Bandai Wonderswan	p. 178
2000 Sony PlayStation 2	p. 180
2000 Nuon	p. 183
2001 Nintendo Game Boy Advance	p. 184
2001 Microsoft Xbox	p. 188
2001 Nintendo Gamecube	p. 191
2002 Gamepark GP32	p. 194
2003 Nokia N-Gage	p. 195
2004 Nintendo DS	p. 196
2004 Sony PSP	p. 197
Other formats: Home computers	p. 198
Other formats: Game consoles	p. 200
Appendix Technical data
8-Bit home computers	p. 202
8-Bit and 16-Bit game consoles	p. 204
16-Bit home computers	p. 206
32-Bit and CD-ROM consoles	p. 208
64-Bit and DVD consoles	p. 210
Handhelds	p. 212
Multimedia handhelds	p. 214
Technical data: Explanations	p. 215
Index A Hardware	p. 216
Index B Games	p. 220
Bibliography	p. 224
Imprint	p. 224

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