Fifty key video games
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Fifty key video games
(Routledge key guides)
Routledge, 2023
- : pbk
- Other Title
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50 key video games
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographic references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
- The first book dedicated to exploring key video games from the 1970s to present day.
- Provides a highly accessible overview of the history of video games from PONG, Pac-Man and Tetris to Minecraft, Animal Crossing and Assassin's Creed.
- The selection covers a range of historical periods and platforms, genres, commercial impact, artistic choices, contexts of play, typical and atypical representations, uses of games for specific purposes, uses of materials or techniques, specific subcultures, repurposing, transgressive aesthetics, interfaces, moral or ethical impacts, and more.
Table of Contents
1. Adventure (1979), 2. Angry Birds (2009), 3. Animal Crossing (2001), 4. Assassin's Creed Origins (2017), 5. Bejeweled (2001), 6. BRAID (2008), 7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), 8. Dance Dance Revolution (1998), 9. Diablo (1996), 10. Donkey Kong (1981), 11. DOOM (1993), 12. Dragon's Lair (1983), 13. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996), 14. Elite (1984), 15. EVE Online (2003), 16. FarmVille (2009), 17. FIFA 14 (2013), 18. Final Fantasy VII (1997), 19. Fortnite Battle Royale (2017), 20. Grand Theft Auto III (2001), 21. Guitar Hero (2005), 22. Half-Life (1998), 23. Journey (2012), 24. King's Quest (1984), 25. The Legend of Zelda (1986), 26. Minecraft (2009), 27. Mortal Kombat (1992), 28. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998), 29. No Man's Sky (2016), 30. The Oregon Trail (1971), 31. Pac-Man (1980), 32. Pokemon Go (2016), 33. PONG (1972), 34. Portal (2007), 35. Resident Evil (1996), 36. Riven (1997), 37. Sid Meier's Civilization (1991), 38. SimCity (1989), 39. The Sims 4 (2014), 40. Space Invaders (1978), 41. StarCraft (1998), 42. Super Mario 64 (1996), 43. Super Mario Bros. (1985), 44. Tetris (1984), 45. This War of Mine (2014), 46. Ultima IV: The Quest of the Avatar (1985), 47. Wii Sports (2006), 48. Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994), 49. World of Warcraft (2004), 50. Zork (1980)
by "Nielsen BookData"