Reborn: The Complete Book of Immortal Shooting Games Vol. 1
甦る不滅のシューティングゲーム大全
Volume of a four-part shmup encyclopedia; this one covers 1962-1983.
ABOUT
The opening volume of a four-part illustrated encyclopedia of shooting games published by Mediapal, released in December 2022. The series works chronologically, and this volume covers 1962 to 1983, taking the story back before the Space Invaders boom into territory most retro publications skip: the earliest video games, the vector-scan machines that flourished overseas, and the first wave of Japanese originals. More than 130 games are covered across 160 pages, each presented with screenshots.
The selection runs from the famous, Space Invaders, Galaxian, Moon Cresta, Sasuke vs. Commander and Xevius among them, to overseas machines such as Tank, Asteroids and Atari's Star Wars, and it follows the emergence of the scrolling shooter after Defender and Scramble ignited the form. PC and home console games of the period are included as well as arcade releases. For a player working backwards from modern shmups, this is the volume that explains where the grammar of the genre came from.
CONTENTS
- Shooting games 1962-1983, more than 130 titles with screenshots
- Pre-Space Invaders history of the genre
- Vector-scan games: Asteroids, Star Wars, Tank
- Space Invaders, Galaxian, Moon Cresta, Sasuke vs. Commander, Xevious
- The rise of the scrolling shooter after Defender and Scramble
- PC and home console shooters of the era
DESCRIPTION
The culmination of retro shooting-game books. It also examines the largely unrecorded history that preceded the Space Invaders boom. From the vector-scan titles that were popular overseas to the domestic games that developed along their own lines, more than 130 works are covered. Scrolling shooters, whose popularity was ignited by Defender and Scramble, are also covered at length, tracing how the games grew more sophisticated as the hardware advanced. Every game is described alongside screenshots. Space Invaders, Galaxian, Moon Cresta, Sasuke vs. Commander and Xevious are covered, as are overseas titles such as Tank, Asteroids and Star Wars. Shooting games for PCs and home consoles from 1962 to 1983 are included.
レトロシューティングゲーム本の集大成が遂に登場!これまであまり語られず、知られてこなかったインベーダーブーム以前の歴史にもメスを入れます。海外で大流行したベクタスキャン方式の作品から、独自の発展を遂げた国産ゲームまで、余すところなく130本以上の作品を収録。『Defender』や『スクランブル』によって人気に火が付いたスクロールシューティングゲームも数多く掲載。ハードの進化と共に高度になっていく作品の特徴を紹介していきます。全てのゲームは美しい画面写真と共に解説されており、同時の熱狂が甦ること間違いなし!レトロゲームを語る上でなくてはならない必携の書です。『スペースインベーダー』『ギャラクシアン』『ムーンクレスタ』『サスケVSコマンダ』『ゼビウス』などの有名作品から『Tank』『Asteroids』『Star Wars』などの海外作品の詳細も解説。PCや家庭用ハードのゲームまで1962年から1983年までのシューティングゲームを網羅しています。
Translated by this site from the publisher's Japanese blurb.
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DETAILS
WHERE TO GET IT
￥2,200 on the listingSearched by ISBN, so a shop that has this exact edition will show it and one that does not will come back empty. Most of these were printed in Japan and never distributed elsewhere.
