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I've had these for quite a few years, supercade is my favorite.

If you don't have them in your collection, I can recommend, seem to be cheaper to buy from the UK, but I guess abebooks will have them also.

Would like to know other good literature to hunt down if anyone can recommend titles. thanks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supercade-Visual-History-Videogame-1971-1984/dp/0262524201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738349&sr=8-1&keywords=supercade (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supercade-Visual-History-Videogame-1971-1984/dp/0262524201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738349&sr=8-1&keywords=supercade)
http://www.amazon.com/Supercade-Visual-History-Videogame-1971-1984/dp/0262024926/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738376&sr=8-1&keywords=supercade (http://www.amazon.com/Supercade-Visual-History-Videogame-1971-1984/dp/0262024926/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738376&sr=8-1&keywords=supercade)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Iz7dKIvL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcade-Fever-Guide-Golden-Video/dp/0762409371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738427&sr=8-1&keywords=arcade+fever (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcade-Fever-Guide-Golden-Video/dp/0762409371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738427&sr=8-1&keywords=arcade+fever)
http://www.amazon.com/Arcade-Fever-Guide-Golden-Video/dp/0762409371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738447&sr=8-1&keywords=arcade+fever (http://www.amazon.com/Arcade-Fever-Guide-Golden-Video/dp/0762409371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389738447&sr=8-1&keywords=arcade+fever)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uK%2BcyEYeL._SX258_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)

I have arcade fever. It's a good book.

I have this book too:

http://www.amazon.com/Videogames-Beginning-Ralph-H-Baer/dp/0964384817/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389741552&sr=1-1&keywords=ralph+baer

It's a good historical read.

Supercade is awesome worth every penny!

The first quarter is also good!
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Quarter-25-year-History/dp/0970475500

Everybody here can write thier own book on arcade history as i am sure we all have stories of the past.
We should do a story time forum lol. Ive got em... johns got em.. we all do.

I have several books about Video Game history but my latest Arcade related book is Bits, Sticks and Button. It´s not exactly about Arcade History but still well done.
Arcade fever is very good. If you are into first person shooters then you should read Masters of Doom.

We are in this book! :)

I have listened to the first chapter of the audiobook of masters of doom. It was available for download for free somewhere.

Must find the rest now that you remind me of that :)

Its indeed a interesting book as far as i can judge

Hi Etienne, if you have trouble finding it, click the link below to complain ;-)
http://tinyurl.com/nu45aaq (http://tinyurl.com/nu45aaq)

Couldn´t put it down once i started reading. I admire John Carmack.

Supercade is one heavy book.  Seriously guys, its a fortune now on amazon,

Abebooks is a frikin bargain for USA buyers...
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=supercade (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=supercade)

Is that Supercade really good? The reviews are not very good on amazon.

In comparison, Arcade fever looks like a flyer, and I do like that book, but that's the comparison in weight at least. Supercade is nearly 450 pages of great photos, multiple authors, goes through video game consoles, home computing, arcades of course, info on companies like Atari, Sega, features on Twin Galaxies.  Personally I treasure this book and dip into it a lot.
For the pittance I've seen these on abebooks, I wouldn't hesitate.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10908275655&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26amp%3Btn%3Dsupercade (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10908275655&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26amp%3Btn%3Dsupercade)

If you buy it and don't like it, I'll send you the money, put it in the fundraiser pot for Eurocade 2014, but you will love it i'm sure. It's a very visual book.  Use the "look inside " feature on amazon.com for a taster.

If there's a particular machine you'd like me to look up I'll show you what the book has got.
People reviewing this book slagging it off for mame screenshots are correct, but well off the mark, they missed the point, there's original ads, cover arts, rare consoles, the reviews are 4/5 on amazon and nearly 5/5 on UK.

My friend luigi in germany has the book an i looked into it when i attended his party, its a very nice book !

luigi from Germany - good man, I like you on so many levels already.

Luigi has a great arcade too.

Vanaf mijn mobiel verstuurd

I just bought it NEW for $16 plus $4.00 shipping on AMAZON. I hope it's good! :D I bought the soft cover version.

This is another book that I own. The presentation is a little crude but it has a lot of great info. I started reading it a couple of years ago and then stopped. I did enjoy what I read. I need to get back to it:

http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-The-Fall-Rise-Videogames/dp/096438485X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Luigi needs to be on the forum.

Good man!

I just complained, and guess what, they send me the audiobook !  great, Thanks man  ;)

Thanks for the links, I'll get browsing this weekend.

Did the book arrive ok?

Yep! I got it. I am impressed with the size of it! Haven't read it yet...

Are any available in Digital iBooks versions (or Nook or Kindle, etc)?

I haven't looked, I haven't converted to ebooks yet.

BTW, cheers for posting the daisy chain vid on youtube, It helped me a lot.

I think this one is great!  :D This is more on the story-side. It's about this dude, who starts a arcade in the mall (in the 80s) and tells about his journey, all the way up till he is forced to close it down. A great read, and cheap!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Final-Day-Westfield-Arcade/dp/0615838863/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1391124645&sr=8-1&keywords=the+final+day+at+westfield+arcade

It also has a digital copy version. And, of course a paperback.  ;)