Supercade. a Visual History of the Videogame Age. 1971-1984
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00D018K6W |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 125 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Supercade. a Visual History of the Videogame Age. 1971-1984 book on paperback has been released on 2016-04-13. consist of 125 of pages and writen by Van Burnham are really nice book to read. Although it oficially circulated on paperback but you still download it on other format or just read it online from our website.
Tried the rest. This is the BEST coffee table book offered Jim Van Cise In recent years, I had bought the other similar historical reference books on the subject and saved this one for last because I took the bad reviews about the photo quality seriously. I work in printing/graphic design and I avoided buying the book until the price came down. After thumbing through it for only five minutes, I knew I'd found the best one. Yes, it may be true that many of the images could have lifted from MAME screen shots but here's my take on that. I was looking for the best VISUAL record of the era. That's what this about isn't it? Walking into an arcade today may have the same visual appeal with all the . "Gorgeous and beautiful" according to Adrian Roberts. Finally, a book about the classic era of videogames that strikes a gorgeous balance between history lesson, nostalgia trip, and that initial lo-tech excitement that videogames garnered back in their early '80s heyday. The design of this coffeetable book is beautiful, jam-packed with images, many familiar, others of rarely-seen videogame gems. The articles that are interspersed amongst the large images are well-written and informative. A very immersive book, one that belongs on every classic gamer's coffeetable -- perfect for a quick flipping through of pages by curious house guests, after which you will soon be suckering. "No Content, All Fluff" according to James R. Marous. I was extremely disappointed with this book. The content of this books consists entirely of video game screen shots taken from PC based emulators and small snippets of information taken from other, better books. There are no notable insights in this book, and the writing is weak and uninspired. There are many notable exceptions in the content of this book, including one of many collectors favorite games, Atari Quantum.The book holds up fairly well (relatively) on the raster games, but on the true XY games, the emulator screen shots do no justice to the beauty of the real thing. Do not excpect any history lessons on arcad