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The video game explosion: A history from pong to play station and beyond/ (Record no. 160040)

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fixed length control field	00399nam a2200133Ia 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780313338687
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	794.809
Item number	WOL/V
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The video game explosion: A history from pong to play station and beyond/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	edited by Mark J.P. Wolf
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	London:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Greenwood Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	380 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	A brief timeline of video game history --<br/>pt. I. Looking at video games --<br/>1. What is a video game? / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>2. Imaging technologies / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>3. Modes of exhibition / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>4. Influence and precursors / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>5. The study of video games / Mark J.P. Wolf. pt. II. The early days (before 1985) --<br/>6. Mainframe games and simulations / David H. Ahl --<br/>7. Arcade games of the 1970s / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>8. Video games in Europe : the early years / David Winter --<br/>Sidebar. System profile : the Magnavox Odyssey / David Winter --<br/>9. Early home video game systems / Leonard Herman --<br/>10. Company profile : Atari / Leonard Herman --<br/>11. System profile : the Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Leonard Herman --<br/>12. Vector games / MarK J.P. Wolf --<br/>13. Video game stars : Pac-Man / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>14. The rise of the home computer / Bob Rehak --<br/>15. Genre profile : adventure games / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>Sidebar. Company profile : Electronic Arts / Alison McMahan --<br/>16. Arcade games of the 1980s / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>17. Laserdisc games / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>18. The video game industry crash / Mark J.P. Wolf. pt. III. The industry rebounds (1985-1994) --<br/>19. System profile : the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Dominic Arsenault --<br/>Sidebar. Company profile : Nintendo / Dominic Arsenault --<br/>20. A new generation of home video game systems / Leonard Herman --<br/>21. CD-ROM games / Carl Therrien --<br/>22. Genre profile : interactive movies / Bernard Perron --<br/>23. Arcade games of the 1990s and beyond / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>24. Handheld video game systems / Leonard Herman --<br/>Sidebar. Company profile : Sega / Alison McMahan --<br/>25. Shareware games : between hobbyist and professional / Brett Camper. pt. IV. Advancing to the next level (1995-present) --<br/>26. The later generation home video game systems / Leonard Herman --<br/>17. Online role-playing games / Kelly Boudreau --<br/>28. System profile : Sony PlayStation / Dominic Arsenault --<br/>Sidebar. Company profile : Sony / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>29. Video game stars : Lara Croft / Alison McMahan --<br/>30. Genre profile : first-person shooting games / Bob Rehak --<br/>Sidebar. Retrogames / Bob Rehak --<br/>31. Independent and experimental video games / Brett Camper --<br/>32. Video games in Europe / Lars Konzack --<br/>33. Video games in Asia / Benjamin Wai-ming Ng --<br/>34. Video games in Australia / Thomas H. Apperley. pt. V.A closer look at video games --<br/>35. The video game development process / Feichin Ted Tschang --<br/>36. Graphics in video games / Carl Therrien --<br/>37. Sound in video games / Eric Pidkameny --<br/>38. Video games genres / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>Sidebar. Best-selling video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>39. The video game as an object of controversy / Dominic Arsenault --<br/>Sidebar. Video games rating systems / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>40. Morals, ethics, and video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>41. Video games and their relationship with other media / Martin Picard --<br/>Sidebar. How to get a job in the video game industry / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>42. The future of video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --<br/>Glossary of video game terminology.
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Video games -- Social aspects.
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Video games -- History.
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Video games.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Wolf, Mark J.P., ed.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	General Books

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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Accession number	Date last seen	Date last checked out	Koha item type
				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	29/08/2016	794.809 WOL/V	P14873	16/11/2018	16/11/2018	General Books