Gaming the Iron Curtain
How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games
$76.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
Summary
Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Amateur Programmers in 1980s Czechoslovakia Discovered Games as a Medium, Using Them Not Only for Entertainment but Also as a Means of Self-Expression
Aside from the exceptional history of Tetris, very little is known about gaming culture behind the Iron Curtain. But despite the scarcity of home computers and the absence of hardware and software markets, Czechoslovakia hosted a remarkably active DIY microcomputer scene in the 1980s, producing more than t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026254928X |
| Author: | Jaroslav Svelch |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Game Histories |
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About The Author
Jaroslav Svelch
Jaroslav Svelch is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at Charles University, Prague, and Lecturer in the Department of Game Design at the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He is the author of Gaming the Iron Curtain- How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games.
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