1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162826003321

Autore

Doyle Arthur Conan

Titolo

Sherlock Holmes . Volume 3 / / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Race Point Publishing, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 pages)

Collana

Knickerbocker classics

Disciplina

823.912

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, English

Private investigators - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910624329503321

Autore

Meades Alan F.

Titolo

Arcade Britannia : a social history of the British amusement arcade / / Alan Meades

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022]

ISBN

0-262-37235-5

0-262-37234-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 pages)

Collana

Game Histories / edited by Henry Lowood and Raiford Guins

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Recreation centers - Great Britain - History

Video arcades - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series



Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The British Arcade Versus the Mythic Arcade -- 2. From Showfolk and Sanddancers to the 1960 Gaming Act -- 3. Coin-Op Entrepreneurialism -- 4. "Get This Lousy Piece of Legislation Put Right" -- 5. Pings, Pongs, and Pioneers -- 6. Copyright Defenders and the British Videogame Crash -- 7. The Invader's Revenge -- 8. Anti-Groups, Addiction, and the Arcade as Cinema -- 9. SegaWorld, Street Fighter II, and Exporting Games to Japan -- 10. Gold Dust, 20p Fruit Machines, and Redemption -- 11. A Historic Accident -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"A history of the arcade in British culture"--