THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 1
MY EARLY WRITING YEARS I began writing when I was ten years old. An avid reader of Superman comics, one day I took two pieces of notebook paper, folded them in half, stapled them along the edge, and began writing comic books. I use the word “writing” loosely because what I actually did was draw…
THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 2
The American videogame industry had crashed at the end of 1983 and by 1984 few companies were releasing new games for the existing consoles. Then in 1985 Nintendo released its Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and suddenly videogames were once again in vogue. In 1986 Atari released its 7800 console, which also played most 2600 games.…
THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 3
Based on the responses that I received from readers of The 2600 Connection, I knew that people wanted to read my books. My task was to figure out a way to get them to these readers. The 2600 Connection was a fanzine, an amateur publication that had been produced by a fan of the Atari…
THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 4
Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames was a minor hit. It was mentioned in major magazines such as Next Generation and I began receiving letters from people thanking me for writing it. Many of them asked me when I was going to write an updated version of the book since it only went…
THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 5
I don’t know exactly when I decided to begin a third edition of Phoenix. The second edition had three more chapters than the first and perhaps I wanted to do the same for the third. So I researched and wrote three new chapters, 1997-1999. The year 2000 was probably over by the time I completed…
THE ROAD TO VIDEOGAME HISTORY – Part 6
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The Game Scholar 