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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2014, 04:15:52 pm »

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

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.





I just bought it NEW for $16 plus $4.00 shipping on AMAZON. I hope it's good! Cheesy I bought the soft cover version.
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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2014, 04:19:24 pm »

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
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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2014, 05:20:42 pm »

Luigi needs to be on the forum.
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"We don't give the fuck, what the fuck you think of this shit, alright!" - Jacobsen, J. "Arcade Outsiders Ep. 56" http://media.libsyn.com/media/vgo/arcade_out_ep_56.mp3 (12/02/14)
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« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2014, 05:22:40 pm »

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

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.





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

Good man!
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"We don't give the fuck, what the fuck you think of this shit, alright!" - Jacobsen, J. "Arcade Outsiders Ep. 56" http://media.libsyn.com/media/vgo/arcade_out_ep_56.mp3 (12/02/14)
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« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2014, 01:51:06 am »

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

I just complained, and guess what, they send me the audiobook !  great, Thanks man  ;)
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« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2014, 04:28:35 pm »

Thanks for the links, I'll get browsing this weekend.
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« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2014, 03:44:56 pm »

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

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.





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

Did the book arrive ok?
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« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2014, 04:27:30 pm »

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


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.





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

Did the book arrive ok?

Yep! I got it. I am impressed with the size of it! Haven't read it yet...
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« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2014, 10:00:49 pm »

Are any available in Digital iBooks versions (or Nook or Kindle, etc)?
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« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2014, 04:18:16 pm »

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.
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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2014, 06:33:07 pm »

I think this one is great!  Cheesy 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.  ;)
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