L00b   441 #1 Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Re-reading Steve Kent's Ultimate History of Videogames at the moment, to my great shame I'd forgotten how engrossing that tome is, and a lot of the (business) detail/context surrounding the arcade releases of the golden era and the 8-bit/16-bit console days.  How many here knew that Sega was first started by US entrepreneurs?  Can any posters recommend similar reads?  I've already made my way through Steven Poole's Trigger Happy, Van Burnham's Supercade and the collective 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, so looking for others 'on the theme'.  Holidays coming up soon, and I need a read list Edited July 17, 2012 by L00b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
denomis   10 #2 Posted July 17, 2012 Ready player one by ernest cline, jacked by david kushner and dead island the book by mark morris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #3 Posted July 17, 2012 Game over by david sheff, about nintendo mainly  retro gamer mags what i read mostly tho, bit of everything then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #4 Posted July 18, 2012 Thx for the suggestions, I'll check out GameOver.  I should add that I'm looking for factual books, not novels/fiction Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #5 Posted July 18, 2012 Thx for the suggestions, I'll check out GameOver.  I should add that I'm looking for factual books, not novels/fiction  the one i have, from 94, can buy it for a penny lol  or  from 99 slightly lol more expensive second edition, with a second author Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jacobmph   10 #6 Posted May 3, 2013 The Game Maker's Companion includes some info on the making of Zool by Sheffield-based Gremlin Graphics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
