Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, Paperback/Leonard Herman

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Since its debut in 1994 as the first comprehensive book about videogame history, Phoenix has been regarded worldwide as the Bible of videogame history by professionals and fans alike. Now in its fourth edition, the text has been completely rewritten and updated to include videogame history through 2015. Illustrated with over 1000 b&w photos from Atari to Zeebo, Pong to Play Station, and arranged chronologically, Phoenix remains the first place to start any study of gaming history. About the Author: Leonard Herman, The Game Scholar, is regarded as one of the earliest and most respected videogame historians. The first edition of Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames, which was published in 1994, is considered to be the first serious and comprehensive book about the history of videogames. Mr. Herman became hooked on videogames after he played Pong at a local bowling alley in 1972. He became interested in home videogames when he purchased his Atari VCS in May, 1979. Mr. Herman, who is an award-winning lyricist, has written articles for Videogaming & Computer Illustrated, Games Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly, the Official U. S. Play Station Magazine, Pocket Games, Classic Gamer Magazine, Edge, Game Informer, Classic Gamer Magazine, Manci Games, Gamespot. com and Video Game Trader, a magazine that he also edited. He has also contributed articles to several videogame-related books, including Supercade, The Video Game Explosion and The Encyclopedia of Video Games. Mr. Herman has also written the book ABC To the VCS (A Directory of Software for the Atari 2600), a compendium of game summaries. He has also written and designed user's manuals for the following Atari VCS games: Cracked, Save the Whales, Pick-Up, Rush Hour, Looping, The Entity and Lasercade, as well as the user's guide to Ralph Baer's Pinball! for the Odyssey2. In 1994, Mr. Herman founded Rolenta Press, a publisher of videogame books, whose catalogue included Videogames: In the Beginning, by Ralph H. Baer, t