Books about video games (not necessarily guides)

[Tabonga | 2,313]

On 4/21/2022 at 8:10 AM, final fight cd said:

i think this is great book.  it was published in early 2000s?  its's cool to look back at the prices from 20+ years ago.  it also has write ups, advertisements, boxart.  it has a rarity for each game as well, though i think that concept is a bit dated in 2022, especially on a 10 point scale.  regardless, it is fun to look at prices and perceived rarity from 20 years ago.   

On the strength of this I ordered one - managed to find  one that was reasonably priced.  I only looked at it a bit so far (it got here about 1/2 hour ago)  - they have been spot on their evaluations (of only a line or two) of the games I looked at.

Edited April 25, 2022 by Tabonga

[dogbowl | 150]

Digital Press was legendary back in the 90's. That copy there was something like the 4th edition of their Guide (and I believe their last)

Before the guides, they were a fanzine - and that's where they first started to attempt to compile the Atari 2600 NTSC release list and rarity/prices.

[Tabonga | 2,313]

On 4/20/2022 at 11:41 PM, Tabonga said:

I love maps for games - so I had to order the bundle for this:

https://old.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/u884f2/video_game_maps_nes_famicom/?sort=new

Just got this in today - it is very nicely done (if a tad small - about 6" x  11.5"). 

[Tabonga | 2,313]

I ordered a copy of this today - looks pretty interesting.

https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-games-that-werent

Edited May 7, 2022 by Tabonga

[Tabonga | 2,313]

This just dropped on kickstarter - I have the author's two snes volumes - he does great work IMHO.