Retro Gaming: A Byte-sized History of Video Games – From Atari to Zelda

Great book not very good if your not into arcade machine but then you wouldn't be buying it

Really good read, time travelling through the best periods of my life. Entertaining and informative.

I bought this as a gift for a friend who used to play on the old games consoles. As soon as it was delivered I ended up looking through it myself before giving it as a gift. It's a good book, with lots of pictures and really brings back memories of the old games and consoles.

Bought as a gift, looked an interesting flashback to classic gaming.

Given as a present, apparently very good!

Was a christmas present for my brother who is in his 40’s, he enjoyed the book. Came slightly damaged on front cover - bit annoying but probably a one off. Would still recommend book though!

I got this book for myself as I used to have a game and watch and game consoles during the 80s and 90s. It's a nice looking book with plenty of colours and images. For the price you get a decent little read, but there were a few missing items I would have liked to have seen. It's not an essential book but it's worth having for around £6.

Well written. Ideal for a new retro gamer. Easy to read on the fly for a quick fact about each system.

الكتاب فيه معلومات ممتازه ولاكن صغير ومرتفع السعر

Una rapida panoramica su vecchie console e qualche gioco. Tante immagini e qualche curiosità

My ten year old son adored this book. Some folks from the podcast Besties recommended it and I know it would be a hit. Great photos, fun facts. This is a must have for anyone who’s into retro gaming.

Beau livre et bien fait

The book is mediocre, not more, not less. It's for example completely omitting the first video game by W. Higinbotham (Tennis for Two) and there are some strange informations as well. For example telling that ST and Amiga were technically on par is not exactly right, the ST had a Midi-port while the Amiga had specialized chips like Agnus and Denise that made a huge difference. It was Nintendo who first used shoulder buttons on the SNES-pad, not Sony. Looking into games for example Moonstone was fun but not that important to gaming history, and it surely was not a RPG. The author's view is very british, showing in his praise for Sir Clive Sinclair and british gaming studios like Ocean, who just left a smaller impression regarding the rest of the world ...I could go on. Therefore the book is a nice read if you already know your stuff about gaming history and recognize the errors, but not a book for beginners. The should get another book, like the Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent for example, which is not much more expensive.