The video game explosion: A history from pong to play station and beyond/ edited by Mark J.P. Wolf
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TextPublication details: London: Greenwood Press, 2008Description: 380 pISBN: 9780313338687Subject(s): Video games -- Social aspects | Video games -- History | Video gamesDDC classification: 794.809 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 794.809 WOL/V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P14873 |
A brief timeline of video game history --
pt. I. Looking at video games --
1. What is a video game? / Mark J.P. Wolf --
2. Imaging technologies / Mark J.P. Wolf --
3. Modes of exhibition / Mark J.P. Wolf --
4. Influence and precursors / Mark J.P. Wolf --
5. The study of video games / Mark J.P. Wolf. pt. II. The early days (before 1985) --
6. Mainframe games and simulations / David H. Ahl --
7. Arcade games of the 1970s / Mark J.P. Wolf --
8. Video games in Europe : the early years / David Winter --
Sidebar. System profile : the Magnavox Odyssey / David Winter --
9. Early home video game systems / Leonard Herman --
10. Company profile : Atari / Leonard Herman --
11. System profile : the Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Leonard Herman --
12. Vector games / MarK J.P. Wolf --
13. Video game stars : Pac-Man / Mark J.P. Wolf --
14. The rise of the home computer / Bob Rehak --
15. Genre profile : adventure games / Mark J.P. Wolf --
Sidebar. Company profile : Electronic Arts / Alison McMahan --
16. Arcade games of the 1980s / Mark J.P. Wolf --
17. Laserdisc games / Mark J.P. Wolf --
18. The video game industry crash / Mark J.P. Wolf. pt. III. The industry rebounds (1985-1994) --
19. System profile : the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Dominic Arsenault --
Sidebar. Company profile : Nintendo / Dominic Arsenault --
20. A new generation of home video game systems / Leonard Herman --
21. CD-ROM games / Carl Therrien --
22. Genre profile : interactive movies / Bernard Perron --
23. Arcade games of the 1990s and beyond / Mark J.P. Wolf --
24. Handheld video game systems / Leonard Herman --
Sidebar. Company profile : Sega / Alison McMahan --
25. Shareware games : between hobbyist and professional / Brett Camper. pt. IV. Advancing to the next level (1995-present) --
26. The later generation home video game systems / Leonard Herman --
17. Online role-playing games / Kelly Boudreau --
28. System profile : Sony PlayStation / Dominic Arsenault --
Sidebar. Company profile : Sony / Mark J.P. Wolf --
29. Video game stars : Lara Croft / Alison McMahan --
30. Genre profile : first-person shooting games / Bob Rehak --
Sidebar. Retrogames / Bob Rehak --
31. Independent and experimental video games / Brett Camper --
32. Video games in Europe / Lars Konzack --
33. Video games in Asia / Benjamin Wai-ming Ng --
34. Video games in Australia / Thomas H. Apperley. pt. V.A closer look at video games --
35. The video game development process / Feichin Ted Tschang --
36. Graphics in video games / Carl Therrien --
37. Sound in video games / Eric Pidkameny --
38. Video games genres / Mark J.P. Wolf --
Sidebar. Best-selling video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --
39. The video game as an object of controversy / Dominic Arsenault --
Sidebar. Video games rating systems / Mark J.P. Wolf --
40. Morals, ethics, and video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --
41. Video games and their relationship with other media / Martin Picard --
Sidebar. How to get a job in the video game industry / Mark J.P. Wolf --
42. The future of video games / Mark J.P. Wolf --
Glossary of video game terminology.
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