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Is an excellent reference guide pointing players to the Atari 2600 titles they People to explore the games and form their own opinions, and ABC to the VCS Lenny has said something to the effect of, “Who am I to say if these games areĪny good or not-why should my opinion matter more than anyone else’s?” He wants Lenny writes clearly, concisely, and without pretension, whichīetrays his former vocation as a technical writer. VCS, which I had been badgering Lenny to reprint for years (thank you forįinally doing so, Lenny!), you’ll find objective, no-nonsense summaries of more Thus, in 2007, my first book, Classic Home Video Games: 1972-1984, was published. It, then maybe I could do it,” I surmised. The confidence to tackle entire console libraries by myself. Gave me the idea to do the project on my own, and ABC to the VCS gave me To my elbows in cartridges helping write.
#Words of wonder level 68 series#
The company was working on a book series as well, which I was up My own Classic Home Video Games books series might not exist.Īnd early 2000s, I wrote for the All Game Guide, a late, lamented websiteĭevoted to cataloging, describing, and reviewing every game for every consoleĪnd computer. In its fourth edition as Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry ), The VCS and Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames (which is now In short, it was much more difficult to research for and write such a book back LennyĪlso wrote the book before you could play the games emulated on other devices. In the manuals, such as the storylines, gameplay variations, and the like. Playable, and easier to write about when you know all the intricacies detailed Some are basically incoherent without the manual, and many are more fun, more True that many games for the console are of the pick-up-and-play variety, but
#Words of wonder level 68 manuals#
To the VCS specifically, Lenny wrote it years before you could hop onlineĪnd find instruction manuals (HTML and PDF) for every Atari 2600 game. Studying old magazines and newspapers via clunky microfiche machines? I’m sure Local library’s reference desk to get information about various topics? Remember It was much more difficult to do research. Further, before the internet really took off during the late ’90s, The ’90s before the days of such convenient services as Lulu and Amazon Createspace. Self-published them, which was a much harder, much more complex task back in
Publish almost nothing but books in this category.įind a publisher for his books either, but, to his credit, he forged ahead and There are even publishers, such as Bitmap Books, who
Publishers, including McFarland and Schiffer, have entire lines devoted to There were a few titles here and there, but nothing like today, where several Videogame books-and videogame books in general-were barely a thing during thisĮra (with the notable exception of tips/tricks books and strategy guides). Time period-the mid-1990s-I was working on a book of reviews of Sega GenesisĪnd Super Nintendo games, but I couldn’t find a publisher. (I was the fourth person to purchaseĪ copy of the original Phoenix from Lenny, but that’s a story for Lengthy and serious history on the topic. Publication of Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames, the first “Lenny” earned this moniker with the 1994 Historic in nature because it was written by Leonard Herman, rightly dubbed Theįather of Videogame History. Until that point, and certainly no one had followed through. To my knowledge, no one had attempted such a herculean task up Videogame console-the Atari 2600, of course-with a write-up for every game for Groundbreaking first edition of ABC to the VCS was originally published wayīack in 1996, it was the first book of its type: a complete guide to a Volume you are holding in your hands is nothing less than historic.
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To The VCS: A Directory of Software for the Atari 2600 The book, you can do so as I’ve reprinted it in its entirety below.įor reading! And thanks to Leonard Herman for the honor! Out-of-print for years (too long, if you ask me), but now it’s available on Amazon for anyone who wants to grab a copy. It was a huge honor and one I’m extremely grateful for. Industry I love, so imagine my delight when he asked me to write the forewordįor the new edition. Tome was a huge inspiration for me, and it was an historical first in an The Atari 2600 -was written by my good friend and colleague Leonard Herman. Said book- ABC To The VCS: A Directory of Software for Synonymous with the word “videogame” for a decade (among countless otherĪccolades), it was the first console to inspire a complete reference book for Not only did it popularize home gaming, and not only did it make “Atari” Released as the Atari VCS, is one of the most important video game consoles ofĪll time. (a foreword to the foreword, if you will)
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