{"product_id":"arcade-bundle","title":"Arcade Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Arcade 1971-1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Paul Drury has spent over twenty years talking to the programmers, game designers, artists and musicians who made those seminal arcade titles. Here they share the stories of their creation, in their own words. Amongst the 120 classic coin-ops featured, you’ll discover how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMs. Pac-Man \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas once a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eman called Otto, who actually created \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDonkey Kong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQ*bert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003elearned to swear and what really happened on the night when the very first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePong \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emachine was placed in Andy Capp’s Tavern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"block py-section-vertical-spacing-half\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrib.com.au\/products\/the-arcade-1971-1999-the-stories-behind-classic-coin-ops-told-by-their-creators\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtcade: The Book of Classic Arcade Game Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in 2015, Bitmap Books teamed up with arcade enthusiast Tim Nicholls to publish the first edition of Artcade, a labour of love that was borne out of Nicholls’ quest to restore his massive archive of original arcade game artwork comprised of titles from the last four decades. We are now proud to bring you the brand new Extended Edition to this much loved book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncluded in this Bundle:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 copy of The Arcade 1971-1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 copy of Artcade: The Book of Classic Arcade Game Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bitmap Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67605579628795,"sku":null,"price":149.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1636\/3569\/files\/CopyofSPRING-2.png?v=1790825932","url":"https:\/\/www.pixelcrib.com.au\/products\/arcade-bundle","provider":"PixelCrib","version":"1.0","type":"link"}