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The media snatcher : PC/CORE/TURBO/ENGINE/GRAFX/16/CDROM2/SUPER/DUO/ARCADE/RX / Carl Therrien.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Therrien, Carl, author.
Series:
Platform studies.
Platform studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha--History.
Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha.
Video games industry--History.
Video games industry.
Video games--History.
Video games.
Microcomputers--History.
Microcomputers.
TurboGrafx video games.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2019.
Summary:
An in-depth exploration of a neglected video game platform of the 1990s and a reflection on the way we construct the cultural history of video games.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Is There a Platform in This Book?
Cutting Edges
Expanding the Platform
A Method (Hardly)
Kusoge Love
Grounding History
1. The Bit Wars
The Fog of War
Stories They Made Up?
Signature Visuals
On the Edge of Fury
The Next Generation
2. Enter the Glitch
What's Wrong with This Picture?
Mountains beyond Mountains
Electric Blue
Gameworld on a Wire
Picture Perfect
Black Box Obsessions
3. Anatomy of a Cutscene
Tragically Comic
Do It Hardcore
Love in the Age of Corporeal Disintegration
Loaded Guns
Growing Pains
4. The Media Snatcher
CD-ROM Antics
A Doll of Plastic and Sound
The Case of the FMV's Curse
Land Slides
Death of the Gamer
Monster Mashup
5. Intromission
The Straight Storyworld
Bigger in Japan
Any Which Way You Can
Add It Up
Catch On Everywhere
Discerning Animals
Conclusion: PC Effects
Bring It Home, One More Time
All Your B**** Are Belong to Us
CD-ROMatics Attack
Spin Me Right Wrong
Shiny Silver Discs
Notes
References
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9780262354875
026235487X
OCLC:
1099679413

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