[game_preservation] Kent's Ultimate History of Video Games

[Devin Monnens]

On that note, could somebody be a bit more specific on inaccuracies present
within the book? Kent's book has been used as a staple for game history
classes (and is also used in my class, although I did not design the
class). I have been re-reading the book and attempting to locate
inaccuracies, and so far the biggest one I've found was Kent giving
Bushnell's story about Pong the benefit of the doubt. (Well, and a more
recent section, the Super Mario Bros. arcade and home console releases.)

Does a comprehensive list of inaccurate or questionable information exist?
I am still going through Kent's book again and still need to reread Tristan
Donovan's to evaluate them as a possible proposal of adopting a new book
and updating course material.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>wrote:


> Kent's book has several known inaccuracies. I just can't find any evidence

> that Sears had anything to do with Magnavox consoles until the Odyssey 2.

> I'd love to be proven wrong, though. I haven't been able to find the

> original Odyssey in ANY of the known catalogs of the time, so it may very

> well have truly been a Magnavox dealership exclusive as has been previously

> suggested.

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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Steve Kent mentioned in his book that when they were trying to figure out

>> where to sell Home Pong, they looked in the Sears catalog and saw they were

>> advertising Odyssey through the sporting goods department. So that was

>> where I looked.

>>

>> I have no clue where you would find catalogs or information on Magnavox

>> dealers from 1972. I guess we'll just have to find out from Ralph Baer!

>>

>>

>>

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