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For the definitive history of video games, I recommend:

The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1 & 2. (by Steven L. Kent)

For the definitive history, with behind the scenes interviews and commentary by many legendary individuals including:

Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari and a pioneer of the video game industry.

Ralph H. Baer - Often called the "Father of Video Games," he developed the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey.

Shigeru Miyamoto - Legendary game designer from Nintendo, known for creating iconic franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong.

Hiroshi Yamauchi - Former president of Nintendo who transformed the company into a video game giant.

Hideo Kojima - Renowned game designer known for the Metal Gear series.

Trip Hawkins - Founder of Electronic Arts (EA) and a significant figure in the development of the video game publishing industry.

David Crane - Co-founder of Activision and designer of games like Pitfall!.

Sid Meier - Creator of the Civilization series and a pioneer in strategy games.

John Romero - Co-founder of id Software and co-creator of Doom and Quake.

Will Wright - Creator of SimCity and The Sims, known for his innovative simulation games.

The first volume takes us up to the early 1990s, and the second volume is for 1991 to early 2020s.

This is an epic encyclopaedic reference of video game history, from the point of view of the game developers themselves, and the industry heads.

Yes, often. Sometimes I'll look at a throwaway item of packaging, and imagine all the engineering and design, material science and raw materials needed to construct a "single use" item such as a plastic bottle.

What seems of no value to us would have been amazing to someone from the past. What is thrown away today could be considered a priceless artifact in 2000 years (well, maybe.)

I'm reminded of that film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy!" If you haven't seen it, it's well worth a look.

Spoiler > A discarded glass cola bottle is found by a tribesman who discovers it has many abilities: it can hold water, it can crush grains, it is a weapon, it can start fires (lens effect), and it is even a musical instrument, by blowing into it.

To the tribesman it's an artifact sent by the gods. To the outside world, it's just a glass bottle that's been thrown away.

Maybe begins with a "Y" but sounds like axe? How about a "Yak." Also, many of the letters I can see in the photos seem to be of animals.

I do miss the old PDS cross-assembler hardware/software. Visual Studio just isn't the same...

My 1991 conversion of Life & Death released for Commodore Amiga and Atari ST - I occasionally notice that some people are still playing it on emulators, etc.