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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:29:12 +0000
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From: Ross Hamilton <ross@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: CM> Help re history of PC video games
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Keith Reid-Green wrote:
>I have been asked to write two pieces for the 4th ed. of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science. The first is an update of what I wrote for the 3rd ed., namely "Computer Games, Arcade," and I have already finished that one.
>The second, which is new this edition, is called "PC Videogames."
[...]
>I am having trouble doing the research because there is no written material (at least none that I can find) that provides the usual required stuff; dates, manufacturers and content.
A good start would be to read these three books:
_Zap!_, by Scott Cohen - details the early history of Atari _Game Over_, by David Sheff - the story of Nintendo _Phoenix_, by Leonard Herman - a chronological history of home videogames
There are lots of others, but given your deadline those three should be enough to get you started :)
All the best,
Ross
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From: Ross Hamilton <ross@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: CM> Help re history of PC video games
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Keith Reid-Green wrote:
>I have been asked to write two pieces for the 4th ed. of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science. The first is an update of what I wrote for the 3rd ed., namely "Computer Games, Arcade," and I have already finished that one.
>The second, which is new this edition, is called "PC Videogames."
[...]
>I am having trouble doing the research because there is no written material (at least none that I can find) that provides the usual required stuff; dates, manufacturers and content.
A good start would be to read these three books:
_Zap!_, by Scott Cohen - details the early history of Atari _Game Over_, by David Sheff - the story of Nintendo _Phoenix_, by Leonard Herman - a chronological history of home videogames
There are lots of others, but given your deadline those three should be enough to get you started :)
All the best,
Ross
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