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Books on all aspects of gaming in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. The list continues here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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Video Games
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The Gamer's Bucket List: The 50 Video Games to Play Before You Die
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Classic Video Games: The Golden Age, 1971-1984
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Ultima: The Ultimate Collector's Guide: 2012 Edition
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games
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Arcade Fever: The Fan's Guide to the Golden Age of Video Games
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Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World
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Grails: The Cool, The Rare, and the Obscure of Arcade Games
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The First Quarter: A 25-Year History of Video Games
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Steven L. Kent (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Let's Tell a Story Together
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Jimmy Maher (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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How to Master the Video Games
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Tom Hirschfeld (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Final Day at Westfield Arcade
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Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World
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Andrew Ervin (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Screenshots May Vary
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
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Jason Schreier (Goodreads Author)
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Game Boys: Professional Videogaming's Rise from the Basement to the Big Time
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Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman
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All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
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Confessions of the Game Doctor
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Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
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The King's Quest Companion
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Slay the Dragon: Writing Great Video Games
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Robert Denton Bryant (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry
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100 Videogames
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The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution
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Jonathan Hennessey (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 567 ratings
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Push Start: The Art of Video Games
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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984
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Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More (Game On, 1)
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Dustin Hansen (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 634 ratings
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The Biggest Names of Video Games
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An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games: A detailed guide to the most important games of the past five decades
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Simon Parkin (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 103 ratings
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2600 Connection: Volume One Issues #1-25
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Video Games: A Popular Culture Phenomenon
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2600 Connection: Volume Two Issues #26-50
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101 Video Games to Play Before You Grow Up: The unofficial must-play video game list for kids (101 Things)
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The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1
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The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series
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The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition
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The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts
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Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife
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The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia
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Patrick Thorpe (Editor)
4.55 avg rating — 9,125 ratings
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Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts
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Sensible Software 1986-1999
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Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America
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Generation 64 : Commodore 64 gjorde mig till den jag är
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Press Start to Play: Stories
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Bible Adventures (Boss Fight Books, #7)
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Stella Programmer's Guide
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Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of
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Ocean The History
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Chris Wilkins (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Gamelife: A Memoir
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Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games
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David L. Craddock (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Breathing Machine: A Memoir of Computers
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Speccy Nation
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It's behind you - The making of a computer Game
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a Visual Compendium
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The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels
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3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
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THE VIDEO GAME YEARS : PRESS START - The Birth of Video Game: Before the year 1977
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8-Bit Kids: Growing Up With The Commodore 64
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Making Games for the Atari 2600 (8bitworkshop)
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De Re Atari
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RetroGameDev C64 Edition
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The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Arcade Companion Volume 1: 33 Of Your Favorite Arcade Games Ported To The Atari 2600
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Michael D. Salzman (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Sports Almanac: 38 Sports Video Games That Defined A Generation
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Michael D. Salzman (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Retro Game Dev: C64 Edition
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Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D
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Fabien Sanglard (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 625 ratings
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Microchess: A Chess Playing Program for the 6502 Microcomputer
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