Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World

David Sheff, Andy Eddy

GamePress, Apr 1, 1999 - Games - 494 pages

How did a Japanese company that once manufactured playing cards end up capturing nearly all of America's multi-billion dollar video-game industry in the early '90s? What is it about games that feature an obstinate ape ("Donkey Kong") and an intrepid plumber ("Super Mario Bros.") that make them so addictive to consumers of all ages? And was it inventive genius or business hardball that enabled Nintendo to gross more after taxes in 1992 than Apple, IBM, Microsoft or all the major U.S. film studios combined?

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Excellent book. As others have stated, the book could use an update, but with any historical book, at some point it's going to be out dated. Well researched. However in my opinion, Nintendo and ...

Contents

• GAME OVER: 1
• A New Leader of the Club: 3
• In Heavens Hands: 12

About the author

David Sheff is currently a contributing editor of Playboy, Wired, and Yahoo! Internet Life and is on assignment for Fortune and Vanity Fair. He was formerly an editor of New West and California magazines. His articles and interviews have appeared in Playboy, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, Outside, Forbes ASAP, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, and Esquire. His current book, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, tells the personal story of his own family's fight with addiction. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a degree in social science. He lives in San Francisco, California with his wife and three children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World
• Authors: David Sheff, Andy Eddy
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: GamePress, 1999
• ISBN: 0966961706, 9780966961706
• Length: 494 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History; Games / Video & Electronic; Technology & Engineering / Electronics / General