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Geek Culture / High Score!

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EgoAnt
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Posted: 27th Nov 2002 01:08
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Has anyone else read the book "High Score! the Illustrated History of Electronic Games"?

I just picked it up today and am very impressed. It's fun to read and has a lot of cool facts about the development of the video game industry.

Of course, it might prove to be the most expensive book I have ever bought! I keep finding old systems I used to have and forgot about (like "Electronic Quarterback" by Coleco), so I log on to eBay to bid on them because now I want to play them again!
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rapscaLLion
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Posted: 27th Nov 2002 01:42
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lol, nice
where did you get it from?
maybe it'll be in the library

Alex Wanuch
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Puffy
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Posted: 27th Nov 2002 06:16
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O_O i purchase tons of computer books... the only one that wasnt boreing was the game programming gems series... number 3 just came out... i must have it.. or the blender 2.0 user guide... that ones fun...

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ OC to 3Ghz/1.5gigs ram/128mb ti4200/120gigs hd/19" monitor/Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX/3072kbs Sat Con... I joined in!
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EgoAnt
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Posted: 28th Nov 2002 17:18
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I just bought it from a local computer book store (there is one across the street from where I work, handy for when I get stuck programming, but also expensive!).

You can find it at Amazon.com and they even have a little "look inside this book" like you can hit to see some of the pages.

I am up to the part now on Activision and how you used to be able to send them a photo of your television with a high score on their game and they would send you a patch! Here's a page I found that shows the patches!

Activision Patches
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Puffy
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Posted: 30th Nov 2002 12:26
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wow... so are you enjoying the book =D... hehe

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ OC to 3Ghz/1.5gigs ram/128mb ti4200/120gigs hd/19" monitor/Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX/3072kbs Sat Con... I joined in!
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