How to Win at Video Games: A Complete Guide

by George Sullivan

How to Win at Video A Complete Guide

175 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1983

About the author

George Sullivan is a best-selling nonfiction author with more than 100 books to his credit. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

How to Win at Video Games: A Complete Guide, is more of a historical curiosity than a readable book by today's standards. It offers piles of strategy information for beating 1980s arcade games, buyers' guides for those of us trying to decide if they want an Odyssey2 or a Channel F, and some fairly detailed advice on shopping around for handheld games and efficient batteries to run them. For my gaming research project, it is fascinating and fantastic, and if you want a brief, clear look at gaming culture in 1982, this isn't a bad buy, as cheap as used copies are. Still, it lacks the same level of enthusiasm and interest that a lot of the other texts I've come across have.

I do have to note, however, that this book has some fantastic full page drawings of arcade game screens. If you're a video game art nerd, that could make this book worth it.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

1st Read: December 25, 1982 - December 31, 1982 (**** Rating)
I was eleven years old when I'd read this book, studied it, and applied it! The tips and pictures in the book do work. That is, for the games we did have at our local arcade.

1st Read (cont.): January 1, 1983 - January 5, 1983 (**** Rating)

FINAL READ: January 15, 2017 (*** Rating)
This brought back so many memories of my hometown arcade, friends I haven't seen in over twenty-five years, the owners of the place and what my life was like prior to and during my teenage years. I will be keeping this one for sentimental value as it was a Christmas gift in '83, but for a time of teenage rebellion.