Supercade A Visual History of the Videogame Age, 1971-1984

Name: Supercade A Visual History of the Videogame Age, 1971-1984
Price: 64.5 USD
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ISBN: 9780262024921

ISBN-10: 0262024926

ISBN-13: 9780262024921

Edition: 2001

Authors: Van Burnham, Ralph H. Baer

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It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world... From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon--more than fifty million people around the world have come of age within the electronic flux of videogames, their subconscious forever etched with images projected from arcade and home videogame systems. From the first interactive blips of electronic light at Brookhaven National Labs and the creation of Spacewar! at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; to the invention of the TV Game Project and the myriad systems of Magnavox, Atari, Coleco, and Mattel that followed; through the rise of the Golden Age of videogames and…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 10.50" wide x 10.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.598
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction




Brookhaven National Labs


Tennis for Two



MIT


Building 20



Tmrc



The Origin of Spacewar!



Dictionary of the Tmrc Language




TV Game Project


Television Gaming Apparatus


The Brown Box



Timeline



1971


Syzygy


Computer Space



1972


Atari


Odyssey


Pong



1973


TV Ping-Pong


Asteroid


Gotcha


Paddle Ball


Rally


Space Race


Winner



1974


Gran Trak 10


Puppy Pong


Qwak!


Rebound


Speed Race


Tank


Touch Me



1975


Atari Pong


Odyssey 100-5000


Alley Rally


Avenger


Gun Fight


Maneater


Shark Jaws


Steeplechase



1976


Telstar


Channel F


Adventure



Breakout


Death Race


Night Driver


Sea Wolf


Sprint 2


Stunt Cycle



1977


Atari Vcs



Studio II


Apple II



Pet



TRS-80


Canyon Bomber


Circus


Drag Race


Safari


Starship 1



1978


The Professional Arcade


Odyssey[superscript 2]


Atari Football


Avalanche


Blasto


Fire Truck


Gee Bee


Space Invaders


Space Wars




1979


Intellivision



Atari Home Computers


TI-99


Asteroids



Basketball


Galaxian


Galaxy Wars


Lunar Lander


Rip Off



Speed Freak


Warrior


Interview: Tim Skelly



1980


Activision



Game and Watch


Battlezone


Berzerk



Carnival


Centipede


Crazy Climber


Defender



Missile Command


Pac-Man


Phoenix


Radarscope


Red Baron


Space Invaders Deluxe


Star Castle


Stratovox



1981


Pac-Man Fever


Twin Galaxies


Interview: Walter Day


Cosmos


Commodore VIC-20


Ibm Pc


Donkey Kong



Frogger


Galaga


Gorf


Hangly Man


Jump Bug


Kaos



Lady Bug


Lock 'N Chase


Make Trax


Mouse Trap


MS. PAC-MAN


Pleiads


Qix


Scramble


Space Odyssey


Stargate



Tempest



Thief


Turbo


Vanguard


Venture


Warlords


Wizard of Wor




1982


Gronk! Flash! Zap!


Imagic


Atari 5200



Colecovision


Vectrex


Commodore 64


Zx Spectrum



Burgertime



Dig Dug



Disco No. 1


Donkey Kong Junior


Joust


Jungle King


Kangaroo


Moon Patrol


Mr. Do


Pengo


Pole Position


Popeye


Pop Flamer


Q*Bert



Reactor


Robotron: 2084


Robby Roto!


Satan's Hollow


Sinistar


Time Pilot



Tron


Tutankham


Wacko


Xevious


Zaxxon



Zookeeper


Zzyzzyxx



1983


Starcade



SG-1000


Astron Belt


Cliff Hanger


Cloak and Dagger


Congo Bongo


Crystal Castles


Crossbow


Dragon's Lair



Elevator Action



Gyruss


Journey


M.A.C.H. 3


Major Havoc


Mario Bros


Space Ace


Spy Hunter



Star Trek



Star Wars


Track and Field


Tropical Angel


Van-Van Car



1984


Atari 7800


Famicom


Apple Macintosh


720[degree]


Excitebike


I, Robot


Karate Champ



Lode Runner


Marble Madness


PAC-Land



Paperboy


Punch Out!



Tapper


Samurai Nipponichi


Snake Pit


TX-1


Vs. Baseball




Collections



Exhibits


Today


Resources


Index


Credits


Author


Contributors