Atari VCS - Idées libres sur la console et ses variantes (Atari 2600, Junior, Jr, 7800, etc.)

Igor Barzilai has programmed Atari 2600 games, and written for retro- gaming & open-source software.
He now offers us a book about the last 50 years of video game and
a synthetic view of home consoles.

A poster and a book

Poster : Barwin's Timeline (This timeline exists in two size : Standard and King size) >> Order at eBay <<
Book : 50 years of Video Game (Home consoles) >> Order at eBay <<

The Timeline starts in 1972 and end today (click on the picture for zooming) A detail of the Barwin's timeline (somewhere around the fourth generation) (click on the picture for zooming)	Evolution of consoles The Barwin's Timeline is the easiest way to understand the story of the 65 consoles of the video game industry. A intelligent point of view Chromatically coloured, the background offers an elegant poster wherever you will use it. But the real benefits of the Barwin's comes from three rules (links in french only) : 1) Background coloured by generation 2) Consoles in line by manufacturers 3) Generation labeling for each console The Barwin's Timeline is affordable in two sizes : Standard and King size.

The King size Barwin's Timeline (130 cm × 30 cm) (click on the picture for zooming)	King size Size : 130 cm × 30 cm Printing : Quadri offset Paper : coated 135 g/m² Price : 25 € Order at eBay

60 cm of consoles ! The Barwin's Timeline is freely inserted in 50 years of consoles…	Standard size Size : 60 cm × 14 cm Printing : Quadri offset Paper : coated 135 g/m² Price : 8 € Order at eBay

Chaque console est décrite
et complétée de son tableau
de données techniques (clic-zoom)

Le livre se conclue par 10 pages qui listent la totalité des consoles et de leurs variantes commercialisées (clic-zoom)

La dernière page présente les 68 standards de consoles (clic-zoom) ainsi que la Barwin's Timeline à déplier…

Une fois dépliée, la Barwin de 60 cm vient en regard des pages que vous consultez

A history of Home Consoles

50 years - 8 Generations - 35 consoles

Size : 21 × 15 cm
Number of pages : 88 pages
Price : 18 €

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The Brown Box, the prototype that announced the first home video game, dates back to 1969. Since then, consoles continued to improve their graphics: from three white squares on a black screen, passing by colorful sprites on a scrolling background, to eventually reach a fluid and photorealistic 3D. Here is the story of thirty-five of the most iconic consoles of the first fifty years of video game history.

Check list
The book ends with a 10 page list of 400 variations of home consoles and the a chart of the 68 known standards.

A helpful Timeline
The Barwin's Timeline in standard format is included at the very end of the book. You can unfold it and go look at the page of any console to situate it on the timeline.

Summary : The greatest home consoles, chronologically in the book, are here presented by video game publisher : Magnavox & Philips (Odyssey, Odyssey2 / Videopac), Coleco (Telstar and Colecovision), Fairchild (VES / Channel F), Nintendo (Color-TV Game 6, Famicom / Nes, Super Famicom / Snes, N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U and Switch), Atari (VCS / 2600, 7800 and Jaguar), Mattel (Intellivision), CGE / Milton Bradley (Vectrex), Sega (SG-1000, Sega Mark III / Master System, Genesis / Megadrive, Saturn and Dreamcast), NEC (PC-Engine), SNK (Neo-Geo AES), Commodore (Amiga CD32), Panasonic (3DO Interactive), Sony Playstation (1, 2, 3 and 4), and Microsoft Xbox (classique, 360 and One).