And....RANDOMIZED: There were 13 items in your list. Here they are in random order: 1.Keith Courage - WINNER 2.Black Tiger 3.EvilEvoIX 4.esteban 5.munchiaz 6.BigusSchmuck 7.turboswimbz 8.Arkhan 9.jeffhlewis 10.TheClash603 11.wildo2ne 12.Necromancer 13.toymachine78
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Post by: Duo_R on February 15, 2014, 02:24:23 PM
never heard of this one
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Post by: toymachine78 on February 15, 2014, 02:27:49 PM
Mass Effect revelation
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Post by: VenomMacbeth on February 15, 2014, 06:16:24 PM
I don't necessarily have to be entered for the raffle, but I will recommend a book! While not a "video game book" by any measure, you should give Tale of the Heike (Heike no Monogatari) a read if you enjoy classic literature. It's an epic, pseudo-historical telling of the Genpei war in feudal Japan. It also mentions Taira no Kagekiyo, star of Namco's Genpei Toumaden. :D
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Post by: esteban on February 15, 2014, 06:33:27 PM
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Post by: Black Tiger on February 16, 2014, 12:34:01 PM
I just checked and apparently I don't have this game. :P
Please sign me up. :)
The only video game book I've read, which isn't a compilation of magazine articles or anything, is "The Ultimate History of Video Games", which I received as a Christmas gift. It's all stuff I already read about over the years, but there are some interesting topics if you aren't familiar with the details of how they went down. It's been out for years, so it should be easy to find and cheap.
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Post by: EvilEvoIX on February 16, 2014, 12:35:57 PM
What a nice curiosity. Enter me please.
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Post by: munchiaz on February 16, 2014, 02:00:13 PM
Enter me please.
good book: Ready player one, or ultimate history of video games
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Post by: johnnykonami on February 17, 2014, 08:07:30 AM
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Post by: Necromancer on February 17, 2014, 10:08:34 AM
I'll sign up! I suggest reading PC Engine Gamer Vol. 1. :mrgreen:
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Post by: turboswimbz on February 17, 2014, 12:11:30 PM
I'm in. This cannot be avoided
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Post by: TheClash603 on February 18, 2014, 02:34:09 PM
I never heard of this game, which makes me want it more!
I also read The Ultimate History of Video Games and I recommend it to all.
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Post by: esteban on February 19, 2014, 03:15:31 AM
Another great video game book: the dude who wrote up his personal experiences porting Rampage and R-Type to the Speccy. That was such a fun read. And it is free, .pdf, at author's website. He's not a professional author, per se, but his prose was excellent...the pacing was perfect, and enough technical details were included (instead of glossing them over) to help readers better appreciate the specific coding challenges faced.
BUT NOW I THINK YOU, GALAM, WERE THE ONE WHO POSTED ABOUT THIS ORIGINALLY. So, damn it.
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Post by: bob on February 19, 2014, 04:06:51 AM
Another great video game book: the dude who wrote up his personal experiences porting Rampage and R-Type to the Speccy. That was such a fun read. And it is free, .pdf, at author's website. He's not a professional author, per se, but his prose was excellent...the pacing was perfect, and enough technical details were included (instead of glossing them over) to help readers better appreciate the specific coding challenges faced.
BUT NOW I THINK YOU, GALAM, WERE THE ONE WHO POSTED ABOUT THIS ORIGINALLY. So, damn it.
yup. i did. and i own and have read all the other non fiction books that have been suggested
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Post by: roflmao on February 19, 2014, 02:56:48 PM
I haven't read any video game-history games in awhile but I remember really digging Zap!: The Fall and Rise of Atari (http://www.amazon.com/Zap-The-Rise-Fall-Atari/dp/0070115435), Game Over: Press Start to Continue (http://www.amazon.com/Game-Over-Press-Start-Continue/dp/0966961706) and The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games (http://www.amazon.com/First-Quarter-25-year-History-Video/dp/0970475500) bitd.
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Post by: BigusSchmuck on February 20, 2014, 01:21:41 PM
Do the Doom books count? Enter me. Thanks.
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Post by: bob on February 20, 2014, 01:44:25 PM
I actually haven't read racing the beam. I always looked at it on amazon, just never grabbed it I'm reading the Rise and Fall of Sega right now, which is pretty good.
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Post by: jeffhlewis on February 20, 2014, 02:17:57 PM
I actually haven't read racing the beam. I always looked at it on amazon, just never grabbed it I'm reading the Rise and Fall of Sega right now, which is pretty good.
I finished reading the "draft" copy that was sent out to the Kickstarter backers...got my hard cover edition last week that has some additional stuff added to it at the end. Not a bad book, though it gets a little fanboyish in places.
This is the one I'm really psyched about though: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-mega-drive-genesis-collected-works?ref=live
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Post by: roflmao on February 20, 2014, 02:40:42 PM
I forgot to mention in my previous post, no need to add me to the raffle. I have a feeling it wouldn't get much play time. :P
A book I've read a couple of times that would make an awesome video game is Vurt (http://www.amazon.com/Vurt-Jeff-Noon/dp/0312141440/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392953906&sr=8-1&keywords=vurt). I didn't care for the sequel quite as much, but this one is a trip!
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Post by: bishopcruz on February 22, 2014, 03:12:03 PM