Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System

by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost

Book Overview

A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS.

The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home video game market so completely that "Atari" became the generic term for a video game console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which established new techniques, mechanics, and even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026201257X
• ISBN13: 9780262012577
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher