The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

This is a must have for any arcade enthusiasts!

Visitors ask to "borrow" this book from me all the time.In my opinion, it is the definitive coffee table book for Pixel Warriors Of The Grid!Kids... forget the screwdriver set... buy this for Dad instead.... he will love it!

Good book of pictures of classic 70's and 80's arcade games and EM games. Ignore the pricing guide as it's about 20 years out of date otherwise a great coffee table book

Fantastic book, so many pictures and so much history. Must have if you're a retro gamer and you miss the old arcades!

Loved this book. Some picture quality is not the best but you can find some really scarce arcades in here. Definitely worth it.

It's a pretty good book. I enjoy it.

I had read the reviews of this book and had seen that it received some negative reviews. This seemed to be mainly about the quality of photos. I decided that I could overlook this as long as the content was solid. So I decided to buy it.I'll say that "The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games" is fairly impressive. It does show a lot of photos of classic arcade video games. I also like that it focuses only on the games that were in the arcades and did not feature home console games such as Atari 2600 and Colecovision. I especially enjoyed seeing the photos of the games from the 1970's. A lot of those games have been overlooked over the years and it's a treat to see how the arcade cabinets changed as time went on.But...This book could have been so much better. It would have been nice to see better photos featured, especially since this book was written not too long ago and photos from the Internet could have been provided. However, my biggest gripe with this book is that it is incomplete. For instance, it mentions the game "Eagle" but not its original version "Moon Cresta". Also, it lists most of the Pac-Man games but not "Jr. Pac-Man". If you are going to call a book the encyclopedia of arcade games, then I expect it to be more thorough. After all, the Killer List of Video Games website was around when this book was written (and is even mentioned near the back of the book). There's no excuse for sloppy research when the Internet was available. It also would have been nice to have an index at the book of the book listed the games in alphabetical order.All in all, a good book but it could and should have been better.

well being in about 250,000 sold books anyway... and a million + dvds is kool. this book sold way less...like a hundred or so copies. took mad amount of time off and way long on the handle. the con book ver. was like 30-40. go figure. you won't find stats that big at phof having a rare logo trophy. accurate though being published in software, mag + dvds and blu ray. it's like 50 + versus infinity cons. too much...yet loopy. not bad...liked it but what's it worth to you ? i would get it cuz it's a long investment. there are over 1,000 ps 3 games but not printed in this.

I learned a lot about the video game era and how video games became popular. My mom pointed out all the ones that she knew of and kept yelling "Where is the Pac-Man Era!" Until I got to the Pac-Man Era. She loved telling me about all the injuries that people got from playing the on the videogame cabinets and how much fun she had playing them. It was a very interesting encyclopedia and I learned a lot from it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about video games and their origins.

This is a great book. Really good content. Unfortunately very poor packaging. It’s a heavy hardback book, but it arrived in a tight plastic bag with no protection for the corners or the spine. 5 stars for the book. 0 stars for the packaging .

Un livre très documenté et plein de photos.la côte des bornes d'arcade de l'époque fait beaucoup rire... ou pas.Dommage de ne pas en avoir acheté des camions à cette période.un livre indispensable à tout passionné du monde de l'arcade.

Bien realizado , tapa dura sale una gran variedad de fotos con alguna explicación , recomendable para los aficionados a las recreativas.

A great piece of nostalgia that any arcade goer would want to reminisce about.Superb book.