Arcade Britannia : a social history of the British amusement arcade / / Alan Meades
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| Autore: |
Meades Alan F.
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| Titolo: |
Arcade Britannia : a social history of the British amusement arcade / / Alan Meades
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 794.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Recreation centers - Great Britain - History |
| Video arcades - Great Britain - History | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile |
| HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture | |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Arcade Britannia |
| ISBN: | 0-262-37235-5 |
| 0-262-37234-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910624329503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Game Histories