High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games

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McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004 - Games - 392 pages
In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry.

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High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
Rusel DeMaria,Johnny L. Wilson
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About the author (2004)

Rusel DeMaria (Grants Pass, OR) has been an observer and/or participant in the electronic gaming industry since its inception. Beginning in 1980, he began writing professionally about games. He has written nearly 60 strategy guides and is acknowledged as one of the pioneers of that book genre. In addition to his books, Rusel has been a senior editor and columnist for several national magazines. Johnny L. Wilson (Seattle, WA) is Group Publisher for Wizards of the Coast’s magazine group, which includes Dragon, Dungeon, Top Deck, Star Wars Gamer and Star Wars Insider. He is perhaps better known as the former editor-in-chief of Computer Gaming World (1992-1999), the premier magazine for computer-gaming fans.

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TitleHigh Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
Computer Games Series
AuthorRusel DeMaria
ContributorJohnny L. Wilson
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004
ISBN0072231726, 9780072231724
Length392 pages
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Games / Video & Electronic
  
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