Newman, Michael Z.,

Atari age : the emergence of video games in America / Michael Z. Newman. - 1 PDF (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.

Introduction: early video games and new media history -- 1. Good clean fun: the origins of the video arcade -- 2. "Don't watch tv tonight. Play it!' Early video games and television -- 3. Space invaders: masculine play in the media room -- 4. Video games as computers, computers as toys -- Video kids endangered and improved -- 6. Pac-man fever.

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Video games--United States.
Video games industry--United States.
Video games.
Video games industry.


United States.


Electronic books.

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