Ken Horowitz

Beyond Donkey Kong

A History of Nintendo Arcade Games

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Before the enormously successful NES console changed the video game landscape in the 1980s, Nintendo became famous for producing legendary arcade machines like Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. Drawing on original interviews, news reports and other documents, this book traces Nintendo's rise from a small business that made playing cards to the top name in the arcade industry. Twenty-eight game titles are examined in-depth, along with the people and events that defined the company for more than four decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781476684208
• ISBN-10: 1476684200
• Artikelnr.: 65459498

Autorenporträt

Ken Horowitz is a professor of English and has written about Sega and video games for over a decade for his website, Sega-16, as well as for numerous other websites and magazines. He lives in Puerto Rico.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Damien McFerran Preface 1.
The Future Is (Not) in the Cards 2.
Video Killed the Electromechanical Star 3.
Small Start, Big Country 4.
Gaming's 800-Pound Gorilla 5.
The One That (Almost) Got Away 6.
Kong vs. Kong ... vs. Kong 7.
Getting the Barrel Rolling 8.
Nintendo "VS." the World 9.
One Last Dedicated Hurrah 10.
Mario Powers Up 11.
Land of the Setting Sun (for Coin-Ops) 12.
Keeping the Quarters Flowing 13.
Where Have You Gone, Super Mario? 14.
Merging Coin-Ops & Consoles 15.
From Rivals to Licensees 16.
A Legacy Brimming with Star Power Chapter Notes Works Cited Index