From pinballs to pixels : an arcade history of Williams-Bally-Midway

Ken Horowitz

"From early classics like Contact to marvels like High Speed , gaming publisher Williams dazzled arcade goers with its diverse range of quality pinball games. The age of video games catapulted the company into legend with blockbusters like Defender and Joust , and by the end of the 1980s it was the largest coin-op publisher in North America. Its acquisition of Bally/Midway began a period of hits that included Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam , as well as the best-selling pinball machine of all time, The Addams Family "--

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Year of publication:	[2023]
Authors:	Horowitz, Ken
Publisher:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Subject:	Midway Games \| Unterhaltungselektronik-Industrie \| Consumer electronics industry \| Unterhaltungsautomat \| Entertainment machine \| Computerspiel \| Video game \| Unternehmensgeschichte \| Business history \| USA \| United States
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	x, 436 pages illustrations 26 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index More than just marbles and pins -- The Edison of pinball -- When Harry met Sammy -- Winds of change blow through Chicago -- A solid state of affairs -- Welcome to the video age -- Heroes of the golden age -- Crashed ... but not burned -- It's always darkest -- A new dawn -- A rose by any other name ... still makes games -- License to thrill -- A new golden age -- The candle that burns twice as bright... -- The end is the beginning ... is the end -- A skill shot for the new millennium -- No credit, no continue -- One last round at the arcade -- A legacy worth preserving.
ISBN:	978-1-4766-8937-1 ; 1-4766-8937-7 ; 978-1-4766-4796-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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