Arcade Fever: The Fan's Guide to the Golden Age of Video Games - Hardcover

Sellers, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0762409371 ISBN 13: 9780762409372

Publisher: Running Press,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

Arcade Fever is a full-color illustrated history of video arcade games, with tributes to more than 50 classic games like Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, Q-Bert, Frogger, and TRON. Learn which game caused a yen shortage in Japan -- and which games inspired breakfast cereals, Saturday-morning cartoons, episodes of Seinfeld,and #1 pop-music singles. Meet the visionary musicians, writers, animators, cabinet artists, and other unsung heroes of the video game industry. The perfect gift for anyone who spent their childhood in video arcades, Arcade Fever is a pop-culture nostalgia trip you won't want to miss! John Sellers writes for Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, TV Guide, and other national magazines. He is also the author of Pop Culture Aptitude Test: Rad, 80s Version. He was the World Champion of Donkey Kong in 1983 and appeared on the television show "That's Incredible!"

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About the Author

John Sellers writes for Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Details, Spin, GQ and other national magazines. His most recent full-time job was a staff writer for Who Wants to be a Millionaire? He is the author of one book (The Pop Culture Aptitude Test from Little Brown). In 1983, he was the World Champion of Donkey Kong and appeared on the television show That's Incredible!

Edition details

• Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762409371
• ISBN 13: 9780762409372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160