LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ken horowitz

5 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ken horowitz

  • Sega Goes Handheld
    Ken Horowitz
    While not as successful as Nintendo’s Game Boy, Sega’s Game Gear left an unmistakable mark on handheld gaming and the video game industry as a whole. Game Gear enjoyed one of the longest lifespans of any Sega console, dazzling gamers with its backlit, full-color display and dismaying them with its incredibly short battery life. Despite its shortcomings, the little machine pr...
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    58,58 €

  • From Pinballs to Pixels
    Ken Horowitz
    From early classics like Contact to marvels like High Speed, gaming publisher Williams dazzled arcade goers with its diverse range of quality pinball games. The age of video games catapulted the company into legend with blockbusters like Defender and Joust, and by the end of the 1980s it was the largest coin-op publisher in North America. Williams’ acquisition of Bally/Midwa...
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    73,91 €

  • Beyond Donkey Kong
    Ken Horowitz
    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. Tw...
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    58,72 €

  • The Sega Arcade Revolution
    Ken Horowitz
    Long before it took the home video game console market by storm, Sega was already an arcade powerhouse. Parlaying its dominance in coin-operated machines into the home video game boom of the 1980s, the Japan-based company soon expanded with branches in Europe and the U.S., and continues to lead the gaming industry in design and quality. Drawing on interviews with former de...
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    58,83 €

  • Playing at the Next Level
    Ken Horowitz
    Today a multinational video game developer, Sega was the first to break Nintendo’s grip on the gaming industry, expanding from primarily an arcade game company to become the dominant game console manufacturer in North America. A major part of that success came from the hard work and innovation of its subsidiary, Sega of America, who in a little more than a decade wrested the...
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    58,83 €