Old Gamers History Vol. 8
OLD GAMERS HISTORY
The shooting-game volumes of a 16-part series (胎動期編 1971-1986); vols 1-2 are simulation, not shmup.
ABOUT
Volume 8 of Old Gamers History, a sixteen-part retro gaming series written by Hiroaki Sudo and published by Mediapal; volumes 8 to 10 are the shooting game instalments. This one, subtitled the Formative Period, covers 1971 to 1986 and appeared in October 2015 at 161 pages. Arriving after the series' well-received action game volumes, it opens the shooting chapter with what the publisher calls the star attraction of the game centre.
The coverage runs from the arcade classics that started the boom, Space Invaders and Xevious among them, through to hidden games known only to enthusiasts, and it crosses from the arcade to home hardware including the Famicom and Epoch's Cassette Vision. The book's angle is deliberately nostalgic, a history of the genre told for the generation that spent its youth chasing high scores, but the year-range and platform spread make it a workable reference for the genre's first fifteen years. It includes a bibliography and index.
CONTENTS
- Shooting games of the formative period, 1971-1986
- Space Invaders and the arcade boom
- Xevious and the scrolling era
- Home hardware coverage: Famicom, Cassette Vision
- Hidden games known only to enthusiasts
- Bibliography and index
DESCRIPTION
Space Invaders, Xevious and the other classics that swept the arcades return. A new chapter: after the well-received volume on action games comes one on the arcade's star attraction, the shooting game. From the major titles that defined the Showa era to hidden gems only enthusiasts know, coverage is complete, spanning arcade games and home systems from the Famicom to the Cassette Vision. It looks back over the history of the shooting game and sets out its appeal in full. The excitement of a boyhood spent chasing high scores, revived in the twenty-first century.
スペースインベーダー・ゼビウスなどゲームセンターで大ブームを巻き起こした名作が蘇ります。 新章突入! 好評を頂いたアクションゲーム編の次はゲームセンターの花形シューティングゲーム編 昭和の時代に一世を風靡したあの大作や、マニアしか知らない隠れた名作まで完全網羅 アーケードゲームからファミコン、カセットビジョンなどの家庭用ハードまで シューティングゲームの歴史を振り返りながらその魅力を余すところなくお伝えします。 ハイスコアを目指して挑戦し続けた少年時代の熱狂が21世紀の今復活します!
Translated by this site from the publisher's Japanese blurb.
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WHERE TO GET IT
￥2,190 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.
