HISTORY OF NINTENDO SC (2025)
"This highly detailed publication delves into the rich and varied (and often forgotten) 120 year history of the world's leading video game company. For the very first time ever Nintendo's historical product portfolio is catalogued in painstaking and loving detail, with over 500 card games, tabletop games, toys, electronic, and arcade games all compiled into one superbly crafted book. This book details Nintendo's humble beginnings as a playing card manufacturer, charting progress through the entire range of toys and games, including such legendary products as Love Tester, Ten Billion, Ultra Hand, Custom Gunman and hundreds more, progressing up to the first video arcade games, home consoles, and Game & Watch series."
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Writer
Florent Gorges
All Volumes
Vol. 2
CA$54.00HISTORY OF NINTENDO SC VOL 02 1980-1991 (C: 0-1-1)
Release: December 12, 2012
Vol. 1
CA$54.00HISTORY OF NINTENDO SC VOL 01 1889-1980 (C: 0-1-1)
Release: December 12, 2012
Reading Order
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HISTORY OF NINTENDO SC VOL 01 1889-1980 (C: 0-1-1)
"This highly detailed publication delves into the rich and varied (and often forgotten) 120 year history of the world's leading video game company. For the very first time ever Nintendo's historical product portfolio is catalogued in painstaking and loving detail, with over 500 card games, tabletop games, toys, electronic, and arcade games all compiled into one superbly crafted book. This book details Nintendo's humble beginnings as a playing card manufacturer, charting progress through the entire range of toys and games, including such legendary products as Love Tester, Ten Billion, Ultra Hand, Custom Gunman and hundreds more, progressing up to the first video arcade games, home consoles, and Game & Watch series."
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HISTORY OF NINTENDO SC VOL 02 1980-1991 (C: 0-1-1)
"The second volume of The History of Nintendo is dedicated entirely to the fabulous Game & Watch games, a famous line of electronic LCD games which was very popular in the early 80's. You'll find the detailed and exclusive chronicles of how this invention, which revolutionized the whole entertainment industry, came to be. You'll find out about the difficulties encountered during their development, the secrets behind this new concept at the time and dozens of unexpected documents."