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March 2009
6 x 9, 184 pp., 22 illus.
$22.95/£14.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-01257-X
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-01257-7

Series
Platform Studies
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Racing the Beam
The Atari Video Computer System
Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost

Series Foreword
Download Chapter as PDF Sample Chapter - Download PDF (78 KB)		vii
Acknowledgmentsix
Timelinexi
1Stella
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2Combat19
3Adventure43
4Pac-Man65
5Yars' Revenge81
6Pitfall!99
7Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back119
8After the Crash137
Afterword on Platform Studies145
Notes151
Bibliography159
Index
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