Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames

Leonard Herman, Keith Feinstein

Rolenta Press, Sep 1, 1997 - Games - 312 pages

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Review: Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames

User Review  - Kris - Goodreads

It's easy enough to point fun at this book for its typos (which, while not numerous, are embarrassing - for example, TurboGrafx 16 is misspelled multiple times) and its inability to format product ...

Review: Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames

User Review  - Stephanie - Goodreads

A readable, comprehensive history of video games. Not perfectly edited, but well recommended.

Contents

• COMPUTER HISTORY: 3
• Magnavox Odyssey: 12
• Coleco Combat: 25

About the author

Herman is a technical writer and computer programmer. He became hooked on videogames after he played Pong at a local bowling alley in 1972. He later became interested in home videogames.

Feinstein is president of Videotopia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames
• Authors: Leonard Herman, Keith Feinstein
• Contributors: Leonard Herman, Keith Feinstein
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Rolenta Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0964384825, 9780964384828
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Games / Video & Electronic; Video games