The Media Snatcher: Pc/Core/Turbo/Engine/Grafx/16/Cdrom2/Super/Duo/Arcade/RX

by Carl Therrien

An in-depth exploration of a neglected video game platform of the 1990s and a reflection on the way we construct the cultural history of video games.

In The Media Snatcher, Carl Therrien offers an in-depth exploration of NEC's PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, a little-studied video game platform released in the late 1980s. The PC Engine was designed to bring technological expandability to the world of game consoles; The Media Snatcher's subtitle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042908
• ISBN13: 9780262042901
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"