gaming book recommendations

Post by **floatingyeti** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:49 am

i'm reading Power UP by Chris Kohler and am enjoying it immensely. i would like to track down more books with an informative look into gaming history. i was thinking of reading Masters of Doom next. can anyone recommend any other good books? i know most books will be centered around Nintendo but are there any history of Sega, Capcom, Konami, etc?

Post by **floatingyeti** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:01 am

i've been considering these books:

Game Over Press Start To Continue
by David Sheff (Author), Andy Eddy (Author)

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
by Steven L. Kent (Author)

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner (Author)

Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution
by Dean Takahashi (Author)

anybody read these? are they good?

Post by **racketboy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:42 am

I have the XBox one and read the first couple of chapters. It's pretty interesting, but I just haven't gotten around to get back into it.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:57 am

I have Game Over and have read most of the xbox and ultimate history books, they are all worth grabbing if the price is right. I bought twenty copies of Game Over at $2 a pop from an EB clearing stock about four years ago. Do check your local Goodwill, Ive seen several copies of both Game Over and the xbox book at mine.

I also quite like High Score! by DeMaria and Arcade Fever by Sellers - though I may not agree with everything they say.

Post by **floatingyeti** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:49 pm

High Score! looks very interesting.

i found this book list on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/History-of-Video- ... _1_rsrsrs0

its just what i was looking for. i going to track down everyone of these.

now if i could only find a book on the history of NEC (turbo grafx)

Post by **racketboy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:17 pm

I've been meaning to do some more book reviews, but I just don't have time to read them all.
It would really help if some of them were in audiobook format -- I'd go through a lot of them that way

Post by **RadarScope1** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:56 am

I would highly recommend Masters of Doom. Very well written.