The Sega Arcade Revolution: A History in 62 Games
Jul 2018 · McFarland
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Long before it took the home video game console market by storm, Sega was already an arcade powerhouse. Parlaying its dominance in coin-operated machines into the home video game boom of the 1980s, the Japan-based company soon expanded with branches in Europe and the U.S., and continues to lead the gaming industry in design and quality.
Drawing on interviews with former developers and hundreds of documents, this history follows the rise of Sega, from its electromechanical machines of the mid-1960s to the acquisition of Gremlin Industries to its 2003 merger with Sammy Corporation. Sixty-two of Sega's most popular and groundbreaking games are explored.
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September 11, 2018
Since the early 1970s and still to the present day, Sega has been one of the largest forces in video arcade gaming but until now there hasn't been a book devoted to that history. The wait has been worth it. The Sega Arcade Revolution has all the behind-the-scenes information you could want and more from the electro-mechanical era to current times. It's a fascinating, in-depth book and anyone remotely interested in the history of arcade games should buy it.
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About the author
Ken Horowitz is a professor of English and has written about Sega and video games for over a decade for his website, Sega-16, as well as for numerous other websites and magazines. He lives in Puerto Rico.
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