The Video Games Textbook: History • Business • Technology
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The Video Games Textbook takes the history of video games to the next level. Coverage includes every major video game console, handheld system, and game-changing personal computer, as well as a look at the business, technology, and people behind the games.
Chapters feature objectives and key terms, illustrative timelines, color images, and graphs in addition to the technical specifications and key titles for each platform. Every chapter is a journey into a different segment of gaming, where readers emerge with a clear picture of how video games evolved, why the platforms succeeded or failed, and the impact they had on the industry and culture. Written to capture the attention and interest of students from around the world, this newly revised Second Edition also serves as a go-to handbook for any video game enthusiast.
This edition features new content in every chapter, including color timelines, sections on color theory and lighting, the NEC PC-98 series, MSX series, Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Milton Bradley Microvision, Nintendo Game & Watch, gender issues, PEGI and CERO rating systems, and new Pro Files and quiz questions, plus expanded coverage on PC and mobile gaming, virtual reality, Valve Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.
Key Features
Explores the history, business, and technology of video games, including social, political, and economic motivationsFacilitates learning with clear objectives, key terms, illustrative timelines, color images, tables, and graphsHighlights the technical specifications and key titles of all major game consoles, handhelds, personal computers, and mobile platformsReinforces material with market summaries and reviews of breakthroughs and trends, as well as end-of-chapter activities and quizzes
ASIN : B0C37XC9XW
Publisher : CRC Press
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 13 Jun. 2023
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
File size : 134.5 MB
Simultaneous device usage : Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 503 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1000868227
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: 501 in Mathematical Game Theory 1,667 in Games Programming 365,088 in Society, Politics & Philosophy
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