The NES Encyclopedia

Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System

von Chris Scullion

272 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The NES Encyclopedia delivers a definitive history of every NES game, spanning licensed and unlicensed titles.The NES is one of the most iconic video game systems of all time, and is credited with 'saving' the American video games industry in the early 80s when it looked likely to collapse.The NES Encyclopedia is the first ever complete reference guide to every game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo's first industry-defining video game system. As well as covering all 714 officially licensed NES games, the book also includes more than 160 unlicensed games released during its lifespan, giving for the first time a definitive history of this important console's full library. Written by a retro gaming expert with 30 years of gaming experience and a penchant for bad jokes, the NES Encyclopedia promises to be both informative and entertaining.The NES continues to enjoy a strong cult following among Nintendo fans and gamers in general with wide varieties of officially licensed merchandise proving ever popular: both for older fans who remember it the first time around, and younger gamers discovering the system for the first time through Nintendo's regular re-releases of its older games.Nintendo's most recent console, the Switch, is the fastest selling video game console of all time in the United States and Japan. Nintendo will be launching a variety of classic NES games for download on the system later in 2018, meaning a new audience of gamers is due to discover the NES for the first time.

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• ISBN: 9781526737793
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.07.2019
• Größe: 304 x 215 mm
• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books