Help with review copies of upcoming books, CoCo, and Vintage Game Consoles

[Bill Loguidice]

I will be contacting various podcasts, sites, and publications to get review copies of my two upcoming books, CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer (written with Boisy Pitre); and Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time (sequel to Vintage Games and written with Matt Barton); but if you qualify, please get in touch with me directly to save some time.

 

Also, if you know of any such qualified entities or individuals, please pass along my information. Thanks for the help!

[carmel_andrews]

In your CoCo book, are you covering the Tandy/CoCo variants (i.e Drgaon data)...never actually owned a dragon system but i do remember seeing them and were told that they were tandy/coco compatible

 

In your games system book, will you also be covering the dedicated games systems (since there were a heck of a lot of them in europe/uk, like grandstand, radofin, binitone etc etc)

[Bill Loguidice]

CoCo clones are briefly discussed, but it's primarily a deep dive into the world of the CoCo series itself. I like the Dragon, but it's not super compatible without some effort.

 

Vintage Game Consoles covers 20 of the greatest game playing computers, consoles and handhelds, with a US-centric focus like its predecessor book, Vintage Games.

[carmel_andrews]

Well just remember that the Atari Jaguars design can be traced back to the KMS (Konix multi system) And the sega master system was based on sega's computer hardware (a bit like a sega 5200)

 

 

As for handhelds....yummy, grandstand, CGL and the like

[carmel_andrews]

Well just remember that the Atari Jaguars design can be traced back to the KMS (Konix multi system) And the sega master system was based on sega's computer hardware (a bit like a sega 5200), there again, didn't sega try jumping on the MSX bandwagon

 

 

As for handhelds....yummy, grandstand, CGL and the like

[Bill Loguidice]

Well just remember that the Atari Jaguars design can be traced back to the KMS (Konix multi system) And the sega master system was based on sega's computer hardware (a bit like a sega 5200)

 

The Jaguar and Sega Master System didn't make the cut of 20 computer, console, and handheld systems. Neither did the handhelds you mentioned. It's only the absolute most influential game playing platforms with the greatest variety of games that made the cut. Also, this is a strictly North American focus, so no systems like the ZX Spectrum are in there. To be fair, if there was more room, I would certainly have considered including the Master System, but still not the Jaguar. There's no real scenario where that would qualify. A LOT more systems would have to be let in, then, first. I enjoy the Jaguar, but it simply wasn't a success.

[CGQuarterly]

I'd love to review your book for the "CGQ Book Club" section of Classic Gaming Quarterly, but maybe I'm too small potatoes for you. A PDF version of the book would be more than sufficient...

[Bill Loguidice]

I'd love to review your book for the "CGQ Book Club" section of Classic Gaming Quarterly, but maybe I'm too small potatoes for you. A PDF version of the book would be more than sufficient...

 

I'll leave that up to the publisher. Shoot me an email at bill at armchairarcade.com with your name, affiliation and mailing address and I'll pass it on. Also, let me know which book or books. Thanks!