Beyond Donkey Kong

A History of Nintendo Arcade Games

Ken Horowitz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

273 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8420-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	92 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
ISBN-10	1-4766-8420-0 / 1476684200
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8420-8 / 9781476684208
Zustand	Neuware