Classic Home Video Games Volume III
Classic Home Video Games: 1989-1990
Pretty much all retro gamers can look back into history by simply looking over their extensive or budding classic gaming collections. In the case of Brett Weiss, however, things get a little more detailed and formal.
As the author of two Classic Home Video Gaming anthologies, Weiss has become a bit of an aficionado on the days of games gone by. His first books covered the likes of many classic games and consoles, dating back to the original Magnavox Odyssey…a 1972 addition to gaming history. His second compendium took a look at the golden age of gaming…the golden age of everything, really…the eighties.
Volume III, soon to be released, is scheduled to concentrate on the years 1989 and 1990. While the past books covered decades, Weiss has chosen only two years for his third offering. Why? There was just so much to cover!
The Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis was big. The Neo Geo was all that. Europe missed out on the Turbografx-16, but it is covered nonetheless. The book will offer an in-depth look at all the games released for these consoles and much, much more.
Touted as: “the third in a series about home video games, this detailed reference work features descriptions and reviews of every official U.S.-released game for the Neo Geo, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16, the three of which, in 1989, ushered in the 16-bit era of gaming. Organized alphabetically by console brand, each chapter includes a description of the game system, followed by substantive entries for every game released for that console. The video game entries include extensive historical information, gameplay details, the author’s critique, and, when appropriate, comparisons to similar games. Appendices list and offer brief descriptions of all the games for the Atari Lynx and Game Boy, and catalogue and describe the add-ons to the consoles cited in this book–Neo Geo CD, Sega CD, Sega 32X and TurboGrafx-CD.”
It is scheduled for an August 2011 release date and bears a $55 price tag. Check out the rest of the story here, or pre-order your copy at Amazon. You can also order past books by Weiss by following this link.
Tags: Neo Geo, Nintendo GameBoy, Sega Genesis Games, TurboGrafx-16
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