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