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From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games Book

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From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games BookFrom Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games BookFrom Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games BookFrom Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games BookFrom Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games Book
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Introducing...From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games book

When electronic games emulated the arcade on your tabletop at home...

Step into the neon-drenched world of 70s and 80s electronic tabletop games and relive the pulse-pounding excitement when you turn on the switch and those familiar sounds kick in!

Nintendo's Donkey Kong Jr. unleashes your inner hero as you guide the daring ape on a rescue mission, swinging through vines and dodging obstacles; while SEGA's Zaxxon propels you to the stars, where pixelated spacecraft battles ignite your competitive spirit in a cosmic showdown. Elsewhere, Grandstand's Astro Wars teleports you to an intergalactic realm, where lightning-fast reflexes are your only defence against alien invaders.

Immerse yourself in an era of radical innovation, where these electronic marvels transformed every surface into an electrifying arcade.

So many games make up this amazing and unique area of gaming, and we intend to shine a light on them in this book...

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Olivia A. ★★★★★

I’ve been flipping through the arcade-to-tabletop history every night since it arrived, and the way it breaks down the evolution of those early electronic games is so detailed it feels like a time machine. The writing is sharp enough to keep a casual reader hooked, but there’s real depth in the tech

Joshua G. ★★★★★

The chapter on how those handheld LCD and tabletop units brought the arcade glow into living rooms is exactly the nostalgia trip I wanted, and the photos of the machines are so crisp you can almost hear the bleeps. I ended up reading half the book out loud to my wife, pointing at every console I rem

Elizabeth ★★★★★

The deep dive into how arcade cabinets got shrunk into tabletop units is exactly the niche history I've been hunting for, and the neon-tinged chapter on 70s and 80s design had me flipping pages slowly just to soak it in. It's the kind of book that makes you want to dust off your old Coleco and actua

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