Dillon, Roberto. <br/><br/>
The golden age of video games :  the birth of a multi-billion dollar industry / 
Roberto Dillon. 
 - Boca Raton, FL :  CRC Press,  c2011. 
 - xxvi, 183, [8] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "With a foreword by Ted Dabney"--on cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Part I -- The Beginning -- The Firs: Commercial Game and the First Home Console -- Atari, Pong, and the Jackals -- Pong Goes Home -- Home Consoles -- Meanwhile, in Japan... -- Computers Go Home Too! -- Games That Pushed Boundaries I -- Part II -- 1983: The Crash -- Computers, Computers, Computers -- Atari and Commodore: from Here, Where? -- Nintendo Gives Consoles an Extra Life: the NES, ROB, and Super Mario -- New Competition: the Sega Master System -- Games That Pushed Boundaries II -- Part III -- The Beginning of a New Era -- New Generations with Some of the Same Old Problems -- 1991: Sony and Nintendo? -- The PC Becomes Gaming Mature -- Games That Pushed Boundaries III -- Epilogue -- Game Over -- Press Start to Continue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781439873236 (pbk.) 1439873232 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Video games--History.<br/>Electronic games--History.<br/>Computer games--History.<br/>Video games industry.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>794.8  / DIL 2011