Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984: A Complete Reference Guide

Before I start nitpicking, let me begin by saying that this book is great. As far as other reviewers feel about Weiss's personal opinions about games, I WELCOME them. The author would be performing a disservice by not warning collectors about duds before we unload a hefty amount of cash on them.Now let's talk about room for improvement. For the price, and the type of book (hardbound compendium), I expected something with more keepsake quality. The pages are thin, and all of the photos are in black and white, which in my opinion deters from what the pictures are trying to convey.While this book is thorough in describing each game for each system, the essays on the systems themselves are all rather short, 1-2 pages. A longer passage, including more hardware specs, history, and even company politics at the time would have been great.But at the end of the day, it's a welcome addition to my library. As part of a dying breed, I love being able to walk over to my bookshelf to look up a game, rather than having to google it. Great job, Brett. Perhaps a 2nd edition will knock it out of the park.

Wow this has some obscure stuff in it, I learned about all sorts of oddball systems and some of the super early stuff. I have been collecting games and systems for over 20 years and I actually learned about some new things and some fun history. This is more of an encyclopedic read as opposed to a narrative so don't expect a story, its facts, dates and history. If you are looking for an excellent resource guide this is the creature. I love this book, I wish there was a single huge thick version of this that had all volumes in it. I would love giant hard copy of this. I hope the book gets a few more versions and the author keeps up the good work. The pictures are adequate, but sparse. The information is extremely throughout for this kind of book. Great great reference/guide.

Amazingly informative wow what a great book. I couldn't put it down read it all in 1 night. A must read for video game fanatics.

Since buying this book, I have referred to it dozens of times. The author did a great job highlighting the best games from each comsole from this era. Definitely worth a read.

I love this book,thank you. Very helpful. No other books like this on the market. Would highly recommend to anyone who loves gaming

What I was looking for.

Well worth the asking price and a great reference guide for the systems covered recommend you get the whole set.

Really good read. Interesting and very informative.

per chi e' appassionato un utile compendio con tanti giochi usciti per la prima generazione di console.per trovare al volo un riferimento a quallo che si cerca.un po'caro...

A nice addition to any retro library.

this is a great book for any collector. it gives the information i needed for each game i purchase.i would recommend it to any collector

Hier wurde mit viel Fleiß und Mühe eine komplette Enzyplica zusammengestellt. Als alter 64er Fan, der aber schon Ende der 70er mit Atarisystemen gespielt hat, ist das Buch eine historische Lesereise wert.