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<p> <b>Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash of 1983 that ended the medium’s golden age.</b> </p><p>Following the first appearance of arcade video games in 1971 and home video game systems in 1972, the commercial video game market was exuberant with fast-paced innovation and profit. New games, gaming systems, and technologies flooded into the market until around 1983, when sales of home game systems dropped, thousands of arcades closed, and major vid
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- Author
- Mark J. P. Wolf (editor)
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814334508
- Category
- games
- Subjects
- Science, Games, Social Science
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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