An interview of Emmanuel Forsans, CEO of AFJV. In the 80's and 90's he designed Retro SG. Pix'n Love n°9 (p. 24 to 29).
Keywords : Serious Games, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games, Interview
Over a series of 7 books, Florent Gorges wrote the most complete history of Nintendo. The texts are easy to read and full of unique information, and are illustrated with many pictures of all the games and toys created by the company. This second book in the series is focused on the "Game & Watch", a series of portable electronic games that all kids over the worlds used to enjoy. An absolute must-read book.This book was translated into English in 2012 under the title "The Hi
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Keywords : history, nintendo, game & watch
The french written reference about the history of videogames. This must-have book has know five different editions between 1997 and 2012. It details the story of many famous videogames thanks to interviews with their designers: Pong, Tomb Raider, Tetris, Doom, Myst, Sim City, etc. The book also have a background story with the life of Philippe Ulrich, famous french game designer and founder of Cryo, who have lived through all the stages of the videogames history. A very interesting read wi
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Keywords : history, france, world of warcraft
This book is dedicated to arcade video games in Japan. Each of the 9 chapters of this book is dedicated to a specific kind of arcade game: UFO Catchers (mechanical games where you have to catch objects with a grip), Puriruka (improved photo booths loved by teenagers girls), rhythm games, shoot'em ups, fighting games, games of chance (Pachinko, Mahjong...), dedicated arcade games (for those seeking adrenaline through Taikan games), retrogaming (arcade games from the 80's and 90's still played tod
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Keywords : arcade, japan, versus fighting, shoot'em up, ufo catcher, rythm game, purikura, players
Comix Zone (Broacasting our studies)
An article about the genesis of Comix Zone (1995), alongside with an interview of its game designer Peter Morawiec.
Keywords : history, videogames
This bible is dedicated to the Nintendo DS portable console. The first part of the book briefly tells you the story of this console through about 20 pages featuring a lot of pictures. The second and main part of the book is dedicated to the presentation of 888 games for the console (the complete list of games released in Europe when this book was written). Each game is presented through a couple of picture alongside with a short text describing it. While it was first intended to be a b
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Keywords : history, encyclopedia, nintendo ds
Article dedicated to Retro Serious Games. Pix'N Love #7 (pages 90 to 97).
Keywords : Serious Games, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games
This bible is dedicated to the PC Engine home console (also known as TurboGrafx 16). This first volume starts by telling you the story of the birth of this console, and also presents all the different models and accessories available. But the main part of the book is a full listing of every game ever released for this console on the HuCARDs format (more that 300 games). Each game is presented with a screenshot alongside with a small text describing it. A reference book for anyone interested by t
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Keywords : bible, pc engine, turbografx 16, hucards, history
Over a series of 7 books, Florent Gorges wrote the most complete history of Nintendo. The texts are easy to read and full of unique information, and are illustrated with many pictures of all the games and toys created by the company. This first book in the series is focused on the numerous creations made by Nintendo before entering the video and electronic games market: playing cards, toys, arcades, and some weird stuffs like office supplies. An absolute must-read book.This book was translated i
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Keywords : history, nintendo, toys, cards
Mook dedicated to retro gaming
Keywords : Retro gaming