ATARI 2600/7800: A VISUAL COMPENDIUM

Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium
NIEUW, ONgelezen hardcover boek met slipcase over de geschiedenis van de Atari 2600 en 7800

528 pagina's
2,5 kilo zwaar!

During atari’s early tenure as the video game industry’s leading light, it oversaw seismic change in what was still a very young, still-evolving sector. Not only was atari’s vcs/2600 system the first piece of gaming equipment to truly dominate the living room, it also played host to some of the most iconic titles of all time, including asteroids, space invaders, pac-man defender, joust, pitfall!, River raid and many, many more. At its height, atari’s name became synonymous with video gaming in the same way that nintendo’s would a few years later, but the company – and the industry – fell just as swiftly, thanks to the infamous north american video game crash of 1983. Even when faced with this catastrophic event, atari soldiered on and, the following year, produced the powerful 7800 console – a machine that could easily have returned the firm to its former glory, had its launch in 1984 gone to plan. This book aims to cover the highs and lows of what was a truly tumultuous period in video game history, an era which laid down the foundations for what has today become one of the world’s most popular forms of entertainment.
Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium aims to showcase the very best pixel art, cover art and product design on each system. Spread over 528 pages, it features over 200 classic games, with articles on the leading third-party developers, interviews with key figures in the industry and features on subjects such as cover art, prototypes and homebrew releases.

Games featured in the book: 3-d tic-tac-toe / the a-team / adventure / adventures of tron / air raiders / air-sea battle / alien / alien brigade / amidar / armor ambush / armor attack ii / asterix / asteroids / astro blaster / astroblast / atlantis / ballblazer / bank heist / barnstorming / basketbrawl / battlezone / beamrider / beef drop / bentley b.c. Quest / berzerk / bmx airmaster / bobby is going home / bonq / boulder dash / bridge / bugs bunny / bump ’n’ jump / california games / centipede / choplifter! / Chopper command / circus atari / combat / combat 1990 / commando / commando raid / cosmic ark / crackpots / crack’ed / crazy brix / crossbow / crystal castles / dark cavern / dark chambers / defender ii / demon attack / desert falcon / dig dug / dodge ’em / donald duck / donkey kong / donkey kong jr. / Double dragon / dragonfire / dragster / dukes of hazzard / dune / e.t. / Edtris 2600 / elevator action / the empire strikes back / enduro / fantastic voyage / fast food / fatal run / fathom / fishing derby / food fight / freeway / frenzy / frogger / frogger ii / frogs and flies / frostbite / g.i. Joe: cobra strike / galaga / galaxian / garfield / gato / ghostbusters / glacier patrol / gorf / gravitar / h.e.r.o. / Halo 2600 / hat trick / haunted house / ice hockey / ikari warriors / impossible mission / indy 500 / jawbreaker / jinks / journey escape / joust / jr. Pac-man / jungle hunt / juno first / kabobber / kaboom! / Karateka / keystone kannonball / keystone kapers / klax / krull / kung-fu master / lady bug / laser blast / laser gates / lock ’n’ chase / lord of the rings / m*a*s*h / mappy / mario bros. / Maze craze / mean 18 ultimate golf / medieval mayhem / megamania / meltdown / midnight magic / midnight mutants / millipede / missile command / montezuma’s revenge / moon patrol / moonsweeper / motorpsycho / mountain king / mouse trap / mr. Do! / Ms. Pac-man / my golf / night driver / ninja golf / ninjish guy / o.o.o. Basketball / off the wall / outlaw / pac-man / pac-man collection / phoenix / pit fighter / pitfall ii: lost caverns / pitfall! / Planet of the apes / plutos / polaris / pole position / pole position ii / polo / pompeii / pooyan / popeye / pressure cooker / princess rescue / prototypes / q*bert / quadrun / quick step / radar lock / raiders of the lost ark / rally-x / rampage / reactor / realsports boxing / realsports tennis / realsports volleyball / rescue on fractalus! / Return of the jedi: death star battle / riddle of the sphinx / rikki & vikki / rip off / river raid / river raid ii / robot tank / robotron: 2084 / save mary / scrapyard dog / seaquest / sentinel / shootin’ gallery / sirius / skeleton+ / sky jinks / sky skipper / snoopy / solaris / sorcerer’s apprentice / space invaders / space jockey / space war / spider fighter / spider-man / sprint master / spy hunter / stampede / star raiders / star wars / star wars: jedi arena / subterranea / summer games / super breakout / super skateboardin’ / superman / surf’s up / surround / sword fight / tapper / taz / tempest / tennis / thrust / tower toppler / track & field / trick shot / tron: deadly discs / turbo / turmoil / vanguard / video chess / video olympics / video pinball / warlords / winter games / wizard of wor / worm war i / worm! / Xenophobe / xevious / yars’ revenge / zaxxon / zippy the porcupine