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Beschreibung
Before the enormously successful NES console changed the video game landscape in the 1980s, Nintendo became famous for producing legendary arcade machines like Donkey Kong and Mario Bros.
Drawing on original interviews, news reports and other documents, this book traces Nintendo's rise from a small business that made playing cards to the top name in the arcade industry. Twenty-eight game titles are examined in-depth, along with the people and events that defined the company for more than four decades.
Before the enormously successful NES console changed the video game landscape in the 1980s, Nintendo became famous for producing legendary arcade machines like Donkey Kong and Mario Bros.
Drawing on original interviews, news reports and other documents, this book traces Nintendo's rise from a small business that made playing cards to the top name in the arcade industry. Twenty-eight game titles are examined in-depth, along with the people and events that defined the company for more than four decades.
Über den Autor
Ken Horowitz is a professor of English and has written about Sega and video games for over a decade for his website, Sega-16, as well as for numerous other websites and magazines. He lives in Puerto Rico.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Damien McFerran

Preface

1.¿The Future Is (Not) in the Cards

2.¿Video Killed the Electromechanical Star

3.¿Small Start, Big Country

4.¿Gaming's ­800-Pound Gorilla

5.¿The One That (Almost) Got Away

6.¿Kong vs. Kong ... vs. Kong

7.¿Getting the Barrel Rolling

8.¿Nintendo "VS." the World

9.¿One Last Dedicated Hurrah

10.¿Mario Powers Up

11.¿Land of the Setting Sun (for ­Coin-Ops)

12.¿Keeping the Quarters Flowing

13.¿Where Have You Gone, Super Mario?

14.¿Merging ­Coin-Ops & Consoles

15.¿From Rivals to Licensees

16.¿A Legacy Brimming with Star Power

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Spielen & Raten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781476684208
ISBN-10: 1476684200
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Horowitz, Ken
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Horowitz
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2020
Gewicht: 0,521 kg
Artikel-ID: 121905835