Game Consoles and Home Computers 1972 to 2022

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50 years of screen fun and digital action, chronologically and well-founded in plain text, technical tables and over 800 photos.

The greatly expanded and updated new edition of the popular reference book on video game hardware shows all consoles, handhelds and computers from America, Japan and Europe, presents classic software in authentic pixels, and provides background information and historical facts. 550 dream devices , million-sellers from Atari VCS to Commodore Amiga and SNES to PS5 and Steam Deck , but also derailments and exotic variants, presents game consoles and home computers in full- color chapters and detailed appendices - for everyone who wants to play, collect and learn all their lives. A journey through the eras of gaming, from the electromechanical prehistoric times to the Ultra HD present and from there to the VR future!

great reference work ... lovingly ... carefully ... with compact, pointed texts ... and magnificent photos ... supplemented ... expanded and clarified all around ... A printed jewel to read yourself and to give as a gift
— Peter Schmitz, c't
Gameplan takes you on a journey through the world of computer and video games (…) very understandable (…) very entertaining
— Gamestar
offers a deep insight into the entertainment devices of the last 25 years (…) easy to read, nicely illustrated and rich in facts (…) a clever reference work for game fans
— Man!ac
everything worth knowing (…) detailed device knowledge (…) technology fans can revel in details (…) a recommended read
— c't
An ace!
— ComputerBILDSpiele
required reading
— PlayZone

The author Winnie Forster, publicist and expert in digital media, has been sitting at the keyboard since 1982 and in the computer and video game industry since 1990. He was chief editor of the legendary PowerPlay magazine, co-founder of Video Games and - as editor-in-chief of the specialist publisher Cybermedia - of the multi-format magazine Man!ac, which he launched online in 1995. In the 21st century, Forster works and plays on the Bavarian Ammersee.

game consoles and home computers
Fifth, expanded edition: 288 pages with 800 illustrations, detailed technology, games and device indices, thread-bound, completely in color.
Price: 32.90 €
ISBN: 978-3-00-073643-8