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THE LATEST BOOK FROM JAMIE LENDINO

ADVENTURE

THE ATARI 2600 AT THE DAWN OF CONSOLE GAMING

EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF THE CONSOLE THAT STARTED IT ALL—NOW IN AN EXPANDED AND REVISED SECOND EDITION THAT COVERS ADDITIONAL GAMES, MODS, HOMEBREWS, AND MORE

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ALSO FROM JAMIE LENDINO

SPACE BATTLE

THE MATTEL INTELLIVISION AND THE FIRST CONSOLE WAR

RELIVE THE JOY OF MATTEL'S GROUNDBREAKING CONSOLE WITH DETAILED COVERAGE OF ITS HISTORY, MORE THAN 60 OF ITS BEST GAMES, AND THE LATEST ON EMULATION, COLLECTING, AND HOMEBREWS

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REVISED AND UPDATED

BREAKOUT

HOW ATARI 8-BIT COMPUTERS DEFINED A GENERATION

SECOND EDITION

THE FIRST BOOK TO COVER WHAT MADE ATARI'S 1979 COMPUTER LINE GROUNDBREAKING—NOW IN A THOROUGHLY EXPANDED AND REVISED EDITION

IN THE PRESS

An amazing book that details with an obsessive's eye the rise and fall of Atari 8-bit computers.

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TechCrunch, on BREAKOUT

Rather than just regurgitate old facts, author Jamie Lendino takes the effort to contextualize the info he shares to the era in which events occurred. In short, he writes like a bona fide historian.

SUGGESTED READS, on ADVENTURE

If you were into home computing in the 1980s, this is an absolute must read.

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ABOUT

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Jamie Lendino is an author, editor, mix engineer, and technology enthusiast. He writes books about old computers and video games, and what it was like to experience them when new. Jamie has written for PCMag, ExtremeTech, Popular Science, Electronic MusicianConsumer

Reports, Sound and Vision, and CNET. He has appeared on CNBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, and other television and radio programs across the United States. Jamie lives with his wife, daughter, and two bonkers cats in Collingswood, New Jersey.

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