LudoScience

History of videogames (focused book)

Author(s) : Florent Gorges
Editor : Omaké Books
Publication date : 05-01-2014
Language : french

"Les Oubliés de la Playhistoire" is French TV show broadcasted over the Nolife network, that highlights many unknown and intriguing video games. This companion book is packed with two DVDs gathering the 41 episodes of its first season. The books first details the birth of the TV show, thanks to the interview of the various people involved in the project. Each game featured in the first season of the show is then presented over two pages with a short text and several images. Therefore, this book is an excellent way to (re)discover real underdogs from the history of video games, such as a game featuring Gorbatchev (Gamabre Gorbi!) or another one designed to enhance your para-psychic powers (Mind Seeker), alongside with a lot of excellent but little-known video games (Skyblazer, Hunter, Neutopia II...).