The Golden Age of Video Games

Download or read book The Golden Age of Video Games written by Roberto Dillon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the history of video games, consoles, and home computers from the very beginning until the mid-nineties, which started a new era in digital entertainment. The text features the most innovative games and introduces the pioneers who developed them. It offers brief analyses of the most relevant games from each time period. An epilogue covers the events and systems that followed this golden age while the appendices include a history of handheld games and an overview of the retro-gaming scene.