8-Bit Apocalypse : : the Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Technology & Engineering / Rubens, Alex
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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"The first history of Atari's Missile Command, and its unforeseen effects on its creators and the culture."--Amazon.com.
Before Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari Inc., the creator of the iconic game Missile Command. The first game to double as a commentary on culture, Missile Command put the players fingers on “the button,” making them responsible for the fate of civilization in a no-win scenario, all for the price of a quarter. The game was a marvel of modern culture, helping usher in both the age of the video game and the gamer lifestyle. Taking readers back to the days of TaB cola, dot matrix printers, and digging through the couch for just one more quarter, 8-Bit Apocalypse combines Rubens knowledge of the tech industry and experience as a gaming journalist to conjure the wild silicon frontier of the 8-bit '80s. -- Adapted from the dust jacket.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

feels incomplete submitted by edwardvielmetti on July 20, 2019, 3:16pm What I was hoping for was a video game version of "Soul of a New Machine", but the book disappointed by not having anywhere near enough in the way of gritty technical details. A good read, but you have the feeling that there is still some story left to be told.