How to Master the Video Games is a paperback book written by Tom Hirschfeld and published by Bantam Books in 1981. It is a guidebook exploring 30 of the most popular arcade games of its time.[1] Hisrchfeld divides the included games into broad categories in the table of contents: Space Invaders-type, Asteroids-type, maze, reflex, and miscellaneous.[2] Space Invaders-type corresponds to the modern genre of fixed shooter, while Asteroids-type is now called multidirectional shooter.

The book was followed by How to Master Home Video Games in 1982 by the same author.[3]

Reception

How to Master the Video Games sold about 650,000 copies, appearing on The New York Times mass-market paperback list.[4]

Stanley Greenlaw reviewed the book for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The book is just the ticket for the game player who wants to be more than a novice. If you really want to enjoy the coin-operated arcades take a few of those spare quarters and pick up How to Master the Video Games, you'll come out ahead in the long run."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Greenlaw, Stanley (January–February 1982). "Micro - Reviews". Computer Gaming World. 1 (2): 26–27.
  2. ↑ Hirschfeld, Tom (November 1981). How to Master the Video Games. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553201642.
  3. ↑ Hirschfeld, Tom (March 1982). How to Master Home Video Games. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553201956.
  4. ↑ "Learn The Code Book And Beat Video Games". Ludington Daily News. March 1, 1982. p. 25.
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