02418oam 22005412 450 991062432950332120231110234711.00-262-37235-50-262-37234-7(CKB)5680000000039176(MiAaPQ)EBC30166293(Au-PeEL)EBL30166293(OCoLC)1348487543(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93894(OCoLC)1312239978(OCoLC-P)1312239978(MaCbMITP)12420(EXLCZ)99568000000003917620220310h20222022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArcade Britannia a social history of the British amusement arcade /Alan Meades1st ed.Cambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[2022]1 online resource (334 pages)Game Histories / edited by Henry Lowood and Raiford Guins0-262-54470-9 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."A history of the arcade in British culture"--Provided by publisher.Game Histories Recreation centersGreat BritainHistoryVideo arcadesGreat BritainHistoryGAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & MobileHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular CultureRecreation centersHistory.Video arcadesHistory.794.8Meades Alan F.1367928OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910624329503321Arcade Britannia3392129UNINA