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Racing the Beam

The Atari Video Computer System

By Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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| Hardcover | 9780262012577

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The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home videogame market so completely that "Atari" became the generic term for a videogame console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which esContinue

The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home videogame market so completely that "Atari" became the generic term for a videogame console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which established new techniques, mechanics, and even entire genres. This book offers a detailed and accessible study of this influential videogame console from both computational and cultural perspectives.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 180 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 026201257X
  • ISBN-13: 9780262012577
  • Publisher: The MIT Press
  • Pub date: Feb 01, 2009
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