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Advanced Lingo For Games
by Gary Rosenzweig

Chapter 2 Section 7

Further Reading

If you are interested in the history of games and computer games, here are some books that you might want to check out:

Screen Play: The Story of Video games
George Sullivan
Copyright 1983
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., New York, NY

Content: History of computer and video games.

Joystick Nation
by J.C. Herz
1997
Published by Little, Brown & Company Limited

Content: History of computer and video games.

The World of Games
Jack Botermans, Tony Burrett, Pieter van Delft, Carla van Splunteren
1987
Published by Facts on File, Inc., New York and Oxford

Content: History of games. Lots of illustrations.

The Greatest Games of All Time
Mathew J. Costello 1991 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Content: Interesting storied about old and new games, the game industry and video games. Highly recommended.

Game Over: Press Start to Continue
David Sheff
1993
Random House

Content: The history of Nintendo. Highly recommended.

According to Hoyle
Richard L. Frey
1956, 1965, 1970
Fawcett Columbine

Content: Game rules.

The Oxford History of Board Games
David Parlett
1999
Oxford University Press

Content: The history of games.

Family Fun & Games
1992
Sterling Publishing Company

Content: Game rules.

A Brief History of Home Video Games
(An Online Book)
Sam Hart
1996-1999
http://newton.physics.arizona.edu/~hart/vgh

Content: Essays about different video game machines,