AtariAge at OVGE 2005
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The Encyclopedia of Game.MachinesIf you're attending the Oklahoma Video Game Expo this year, you'll have an opportunity to purchase The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines, available for the first time in the US at our booth! Providing information on over 400 video game consoles and personal computers, starting in 1972 all the way through the present, if you're into classic video game systems and computers, you need this book! Each system receives between one to six pages of coverage (the Amiga gets six, the 2600 four, the 7800 two), depending on the popularity of the system (perhaps with a bias towards systems that were more popular in Europe, where the book originates). We were impressed with the quality of the book's presentation and the 600 accompanying pictures--easily the best photos of classic hardware we've seen in a book of this nature.
Here's the publisher's official blurb about the book:
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The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines 33 years of onscreen fun and interaction: This book presents almost every game computer and console ever created, from Japan, USA and Europe, along with classic software in its authentic, pixellated glory, and background information as well as key technical facts. More than 400 dream machines and million sellers, bizarre slip-ups and exotic variants are celebrated in full color chapters with extensive appendixes. From Atari to Xbox, from the C64 to Nintendo DS: Game.Machines is the reference point for members of the PlayStation generation; whether they’re gamers or collectors. Originally published in Germany, Game.Machines has been recognized as a `suitable reference´ and `recommended reading´ (by Germany's premier micro monthly C’t), as `very entertaining´ (Gamestar) and `compulsory reading´ (PlayZone) or simply as `Ace´ (ComputerBILD). Two years in the making, this greatly enhanced and revised edition invites you to a time journey across the video game era: From the 4-bit beginnings to the broadband future. The encyclopedia of Game Machines |
We'll have several copies of The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines available for purchase at the show. Make sure you stop by the AtariAge booth to pick up your copy before they're all gone!
Sample Pages (click for high-res PDFs):
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