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Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha
Language: mostly English and Japanese
ISBN-10: –
ISBN-13: –
Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 22.4 cm
Release Date: 2001
Price: $180 USD
Free Worldwide Shipment with tracking number from Tokyo
Condition: very good (pre-owned copy)

Special features: Visions of Video Games; [Part1] original design works by North, The Designers Republic, Quentaro “Nendo Ani” Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Kusano(Level 1), Tuyoshi Hirooka(Level 1), Buro Destruct, Space-Invader; [Part2] Atari Coin-Op design ; [Part3] Bitmap Matrix on Paper Featuring “Edge”; special projects “A Game Company Logotype Identification Manual

[Part1] original design works by North, The Designers Republic, Quentaro “Nendo Ani” Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Kusano(Level 1), Tuyoshi Hirooka(Level 1), Buro Destruct, Space-Invader
Now, 30 years have passed since the video game appeared and media are flooded with the visual image which used the video game for. Many of those images are expression faithful to the fundamental character of video game of being built by the dot and it is different from the visuals in the new generation game machine in recent years which approach a real expression. The origin of thise images will go back to the machine and 8-bit machine of the game initial stage. The work of the designers who gathered here is manipulated in consciousness by making a video game image into a new visual language with the love for classic games.

[Part2] Atari Coin-Op design
ATARI which had reigned as the top of the video game entertainment once did not neglect thorough consideration to the cabinet and the release flier, and investigated the aesthetics of ATARI. Here, there are about 40 release flier designs of ATARI and the text which introduced the history of ATARI.
[Part3] Bitmap Matrix on Paper Featuring “Edge”
The front line of media which took up the video game on paper, such as books and a magazine, is introduced. There are also an an interview of the Terry Stoke ,art director of game magazine of UK “EDGE”.
special projects “A Game Company Logotype Identification Manual