The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines

[Albert]

The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines is a new book that provides information on over 400 video game consoles and personal computers, starting in 1972 all the way through the present, and we're excited about making it available in our store! Each system receives between one to six pages of coverage (the Amiga gets six, the 2600 four, the 7800 two), depending on the popularity of the system (perhaps with a bias towards systems that were more popular in Europe, where the book originated). We were impressed with the quality of the book's presentation and the 600 accompanying pictures--easily the best photos of classic hardware we've seen in a book of this nature. You can learn more about the book here, including several sample PDFs you can download, showing several interior pages of the book. If you're into classic video game systems and computers, you need this book!

[Troy_Whelan]

I just ordered mine! Since I could not make it to the expo recently, I am so glad you have this available!

 

Thanks again!

 

Troy

[Heaven/TQA]

i have bought both versions of the book 1.0 and 1.5... read it several times! very very good! and it's written by former Maniac writer (German multiplatform videogame magazine.... published more than 10 years now...)

 

GET IT!

 

i love that book...

[Lucretius]

Available in bookstores everywhere? er, most...everywhere?

 

L ving it!

[Retro Rogue]

I'm actually writing a review of it for CG.Com (as well as for AA's Stelladaptor, which will come first).

 

The production value is great, I enjoyed the layout. But buyers should understand that a) It's a European produced book and much of the content concerns the market from the European side of things. It's more of an attempt at an encyclopedia of the Euro market, though far from an actual encyclopedia. b) It's got factual errors, so don't take it as anything more than wonderful looking coffee table book in the same vein as High Score!