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The comic book story of video games : the incredible history of the electronic gaming revolution
- Title
- The comic book story of video games : the incredible history of the electronic gaming revolution / Jonathan Hennessey ; art by Jack McGowan ; coloring by William Smith IV and Jason Wordie, with additional colors by Dan Blaushild ; lettering by Tom Orzechowski.
- Author
- Hennessey, Jonathan, 1971-
- Publication
- Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2017]
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- Description
- 185 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion dollar industry/artform--told in a graphic novel format.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works).
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- History.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Note
- Chiefly illustrations.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Totally tubular : the tech evolution that made gaming possible -- They're here...! : the earliest early video games -- Transistors : this means spacewar! -- Cold on the Cold War : gaming heats up -- The heyday of Atari : video games' first dynasty -- The golden age of arcade games -- Crash 'n' don't score : the disaster that almost spelled "games over" -- Back to computers : this time it's personal -- Nintendo : "the name of the game is the games" -- Times that try consoles : from Genesis to "Revelations".
- Call Number
- JFF 17-1895
- ISBN
- 9780399578908
- 0399578900
- LCCN
- 2016050499
- OCLC
- 966795040
- Author
- Hennessey, Jonathan, 1971- author.
- Title
- The comic book story of video games : the incredible history of the electronic gaming revolution / Jonathan Hennessey ; art by Jack McGowan ; coloring by William Smith IV and Jason Wordie, with additional colors by Dan Blaushild ; lettering by Tom Orzechowski.
- Publisher
- Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2017]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- McGowan, Jack, artist.Orzechowski, Tom, letterer.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hennessey, Jonathan, 1971- Comic book story of video games. First edition. California : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2017] 9780399578915 (DLC) 2017019087 (OCoLC)983786800
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-1895