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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[2023]
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Authors: | Horowitz, Ken |
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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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