As Chris said in his e-mail, the "Adventures" books are mostly about programming and playing adventures, but there is some history. For example, in Atari Adventures, chapter 3 is dedicated to Scott Adams and Infocom.
The First Decade of Computer Games is actually a special issue of Game Players Magazine that came with another issue. However, it really has some great reference info and wasn't sold as a stand-alone magazine so I treat it like a book. The First Quarter is definitely a wittier title, but I guess the new title makes the book's contents more obvious to the casual browser. Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Books on history of computer gaming? Hugh Falk stated: > >Just for reference, without going into detail, here is a list of books I >have. Most are self-explanatory based on title. If you have any >questions about specific books, just ask. Okay. >Atari Adventures >Sunshine Books >Tony Bridge >1984 > >Commodore 64 Adventures >Sunshine Books >Mike Grace >1983-84 What are these two? I assume they are somehow related. >The First Decade of Computer Games >Game Players PC Entertainment >Selby Bateman and Lance Elko >1992 This one sounds interesting. Can you tell us more? >The First Quarter >The Ultimate History of Video Games The former was such a better and more clever title. I don't know why they made him change it, but at least Mr. Kent probably got more money out of it than he did self-publishing. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
