High Score Expanded

Successor to the popular High Score: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, High Score Expanded tells the story of electronic games. This colorful journey takes us from their technical beginnings all the way into the early the 21st Century. The story, based on interviews with most of the pioneers of the industry, is woven artistically through thousands of photos, screenshots, and archival documents. With an all-new design and layout and many new sections, High Score Expanded is the most complete and visually rich explorations of the history of video games available. See Inside: * First-hand accounts by the pioneers of the industry. * The earliest video games. * The most influential consoles and arcade games. * The ups and downs of the video game industry from the ’70s through the early 2000s, including major crashes, the Japanese dominance of the early ’90s, the consolidation of companies in the late ’90s and early 2000s. * New stories including an expanded section on multiplayer games, the story of Bungie, and an inside look at how Microsoft created Xbox. * And much, much more.