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Racing the beam : the Atari video computer system /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montfort, Nick
Other Authors: Bogost, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Series:Platform studies
Subjects:
Computer games > Programming.
Video games > Equipment and supplies.
Atari 2600 (Video game console)
Video games > United States > History.
GAME STUDIES/General
DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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