1889-1980 From Playing-Cards to Game & Watch
Presenting the Ultimate guide to the fascinating historical origins of Nintendo. This highly detailed deluxe publication delves into the rich and varied (and often forgotten) 120 year history of the world's leading video game company.
For the very first time ever Nintendo's historical product portfolio is catalogued in painstaking and loving detail, with over 500 card games, tabletop games, toys, electronic and arcade games all compiled into one superbly crafted book.
This deluxe collectors book details Nintendo's humble beginnings as a playing card manufacturer, charting progress through the entire range of toys and games, including such legendary products as Love Tester, Ten Billion, Ultra Hand, Custom Gunman and hundreds more, progressing up to the first video arcade games, home consoles and game & watch series.
Every card game, every toy, every product, meticulously catalogued and pictured, and compiled into a rich myraid of content that will literally draw you right into the pages in awe.
The book is a high quality collectible item, with 240 full colour glossy pages featuring over 2,000 exclusive pictures, and a plethora of engaging and unbelievably detailed documents, write ups and humerous anecdotes.
This is a world's first -- and the only book of it's kind. No Nintendo fan should be without this book.
Price: £24.99 (free Worldwide shipping)
Pages Count:240
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The Game & Watch games, an incredible invention
On sale: March 9th
The History of Nintendo #2 is entirely dedicated to the fabulous Game & Watch games, a famous line of electronic LCD games which was very popular in the early 80's. Inside this long awaited book, you'll find the very detailed and exclusive chronicles of how this invention, which revolutionized the whole entertainment industry, came to be. You'll find out about the difficulties encountered during their development, the secrets behind this new concept at the time and dozens of unexpected documents. Aside from these chronicles, you'll also find a complete review of every single model ever released, as well as revelations about some collector's items, extremely rare today.
With 200 pages and over 1,500 pictures, you'll finally have all the keys to understand how Nintendo managed, in a few years, to become one of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.
Author: Florent Gorges (in collaboration with Isao Yamazaki)
Price: £24.99 (free Woldwide shipping)
Number of pages:200
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