Racing the Beam The Atari Video Computer System

The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home video game market so completely that "Atari" became the generic term for a video game console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant...

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Main Authors: Montfort, Nick, Bogost, Ian
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass MIT Press 2009
The MIT Press
Edition:1
Series:Platform Studies
Subjects:
Atari 2600 (Video game console)
Computer games
Computer games > Programming
Computing and Processing
Digital Humanities & New Media
Equipment and supplies
Game Studies
History
Media Studies
Programming
Science, Technology & Society
Social Sciences
United States
Video games
Video games > Equipment and supplies
Video games > United States > History
ISBN:9780262012577, 026201257X
Online Access:Get full text
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1 Stella -- 2 Combat -- 3 Adventure -- 4 Pac-Man -- 5 Yars' Revenge -- 6 Pitfall! -- 7 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back -- 8 After the Crash -- Afterword on Platform Studies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index