Books about arcadegames

[ckong]

Got most of my books today (oh, and spot the difference):

[Ronald Reagan]

I received my edition of Arcade Fever by John Sellers (2001) yesterday.
Nice book, with a lot of pictures, and short stories about a lot of classic cabs.
Only thing that was a bit annoying were the many 'wordjokes' the author made in almost every paragraph.
Nonetheless, I recommend it to everyone.

[level42]

Got most of my books today (oh, and spot the difference):

The Rogue leaders book looks to have a prism front so you see the three different heroes from different angles. Funny.

I'm really interested in seeing Supercade. And of course the others too

[ckong]

I'm really interested in seeing Supercade. And of course the others too

Sure, no problem. The books will be in my gameroom library. LOL

[Ronald Reagan]

finally. A book about the history of Nintendo  

The History Of Nintendo
Volume 1
1889-1980 From Playing-Cards to Game & Watch

Limited edition! Available Now!
For the first time ever, over 500 card games, tabletop games, toys, electronic and arcade games are presented in detail in a single book!
Six years in the making, this first volume of a long series invites you to discover the forgotten past of Nintendo, from its origins in 1889 until the early 1980's. 240 pages of exclusive content, illustrated with over 2,000 exclusive pictures, and a plethora of unbelievable documents and funny anecdotes await you.

What they said about us:
"Few know the history and culture of Nintendo better than Florent Gorges and Isao Yamazaki."
Brian Ashcraft (kotaku.com)

Author: Florent Gorges (in collaboration with Isao Yamazaki)
Release date: 2010/08/25 (pre-order now)
Price: $25 + $4 (worldwide)
Number of pages:240
Plastic reinforced cover
Language: English

http://cgi.ebay.com/History-Nintendo-NEW-BOOK-2010-/110614168522?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item19c11e43ca

http://pixnlovepublishing.com/topic/index.html

[DarthNuno]

I recommend this one. I've it in French 

[level42]

Well I got Supercade for my birthday and I'm about half-way through it now. It's a great book. Definitely worth the money.

Only negatives ? Well, I would have loved to see more cabinet pics and esp. the vector game screen shots under MAME look like mmmmmmmhmhmhmhmh...

And there is no coherence between what the various writers have written about everything.

I mean, in the article about Apple there is no reference about Steve and Steve pitching the idea of a home computer to Nolan Bushnell first, while in an another article it is mentioned that they both worked at Atari before starting Apple.

But, it's all minor negatives, I love the book, very much recommended (in fact, I think it's a must-have for any arcade collector/fan).

[gyruss]

Just bought Supercade through bol.com...

[Ronald Reagan]

I read in the comments about Supercade that there is a book called The First Quarter,  which ought to be really good

http://www.amazon.com/First-Quarter-25-year-History-Video/dp/0970475500

[ckong]

I read in the comments about Supercade that there is a book called The First Quarter,  which ought to be really good

http://www.amazon.com/First-Quarter-25-year-History-Video/dp/0970475500

Prices at $ 211, or GBP 121 (amazon UK) for a new book!    ARE THEY CRAZY!!!

[gyruss]

that must be a mistake, you can buy it used for much cheaper..

[level42]

For that price I want the writer to come over and read the book out loud for me....

[Ronald Reagan]

sometime ago a former arcade/pinball collector told me that there was a book about a certain Atari game-art (side-art, marquees, cabinets, game characters etc) designer. Does anyone if this book really exists and can tell me the title. I have been searching amazon.com but unfortunately I can't find any book about game-art designing at all

[Q*ris]

book about game-art designing

I'd love to find that too because side-art designers usually don't sign their work so it's difficult to trace them.

[Ronald Reagan]

book about game-art designing

I'd love to find that too because side-art designers usually don't sign their work so it's difficult to trace them.

yes, and after some long searching, I only find this book:
http://www.atariarchives.org/agagd/
and it's more computer program orientated I guess