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Author Kushner, David, 1968- author.

Title Easy to learn, difficult to master : Pong, Atari, and the dawn of the video game / David Kushner, Koren Shadmi.

Publication Info. New York : Bold Type Books, 2022.

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  GN 794.8 KUS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Teen Graphic Novels  TEEN GRAPHX KUSHNER    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Graphic Novels  GRAPHIC KUSHNER, DAVID    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Graphic Novels  GRAPHIC NOVEL K    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 99 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Summary "A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that rages between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game." While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed the first TV video-game console and ping-pong game in the 1960s, Bushnell, a self-taught whiz kid from Utah, put out Atari's pioneering table-tennis arcade game, Pong, in 1972. Thus, a prolonged battle began over who truly spearheaded the multibillion-dollar gaming industry, and around it a sweeping narrative about invention, inspiration, and the seeds of digital revolution"--Back cover.
Subject Bushnell, Nolan. https://isni.org/isni/000000000088154X
Baer, Ralph H. https://isni.org/isni/0000000371098706
Video games -- History.
Atari computer.
Baer, Ralph H. (OCoLC)fst01566797
Bushnell, Nolan. (OCoLC)fst01555443
Atari computer. (OCoLC)fst00819919
Video games. (OCoLC)fst01166421
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Graphic novels.
Nonfiction comics.
Added Author Shadmi, Koren, illustrator.
ISBN 1568588763 (paperback)
9781568588766 (paperback)
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