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1001 VIDEO GAMES YOU MUST PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE

Tony Mott, Peter Molyneux (Preface)



 

For devoted gamers as well as those interested in groundbreaking graphic design, this is the first, most comprehensive, and only critical guide ever published to video games. The video game has arrived as entertainment and as an art form. This is the first serious critical evaluation ever published of the best video games and is a testament to the medium’s innovativeness and increasing emphasis on aesthetics. Organized chronologically and for all platforms (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, etc.) and covering all genres from the bold (Grand Theft Auto and Halo) and dark (Resident Evil and Silent Hill) to the spiritual (Final Fantasy) and whimsical (Legend of Zelda), the book traces the video game from the rough early days of Pong to the latest visual fantasia.

 

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

English

Hardcover

9780789320902

2010

960

French

Hardcover

9782081262171

2014

960

Spanish

Hardcover

9788425346187

2011

960

OTHER NAMES

  • 1001 JEUX VIDEO AUXQUELS IL FAUT AVOIR JOUE DANS

  • 1001 VIDEOJUEGOS A LOS QUE HAY QUE JUGAR ANTES DE MORIR

 

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Authors/Narrators: #PeterMolyneux #TonyMott

Publishers: #Flammarion (Flammarion) #Universe (Universe)

Languages: #English #French #Spanish

Format: #Hardcover

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Year: #Year2010 #Year2011 #Year2014

Genres: #Compendium


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#1943TheBattleOfMidway (1943: The Battle of Midway)

#1080Snowboarding (1080° Snowboarding)

#720Degrees (720°)

#ABoyandHisBlob (A Boy and His Blob)

#AceAttorney (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)

#AceCombat (Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation)

#ActRaiser (ActRaiser)

#AdvanceWars (Advance Wars, Advance Wars: Dual Strike)

#Adventure (Adventure)

#Afrika (Afrika)

#AgeofEmpires (Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Age of Empires: Mythologies, Age of Mythology)

#AlexKidd (Alex Kidd in Miracle World)

#AlienSoldier (Alien Soldier)

#AlienZombieDeath (Alien Zombie Death)

#Aliens (Aliens Versus Predator)

#AloneintheDark (Alone in the Dark)

#AlphaCentauri (Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri)

#AlterEgo (Alter Ego)

#AMindForeverVoyaging (A Mind Forever Voyaging)

#Amplitude (Amplitude)

#AnimalCrossing (Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World)

#Anno1701 (Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery)

#AnotherWorld (Another World)

#APB (A.P.B.: All Points Bulletin)

#ApeEscape (Ape Escape)

#Archon (Archon)

#Arkanoid (Arkanoid)

#ArmA (ArmA: Armed Assault)

#ArmadilloRun (Armadillo Run)

#ArmyofTwo (Army of Two: The 40th Day)

#ArtStyle (Art Style: Intersect, Art Style: Orbient)

#AssassinCreed (Assassin’s Creed II)

#Asteroids (Asteroids)

#AstroBoy (Astro Boy: Omega Factor)

#Audiosurf (Audiosurf)

#Auditorium (Auditorium)

#Axelay (Axelay)

#BaldursGate (Baldur’s Gate II, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance)

#Ballblazer (Ballblazer)

#BangaiO (Bangai-O, Bangai-O Spirits)

#BanjoKazooie (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Banjo-Tooie)

#BankPanic (Bank Panic)

#Batman (Batman: Arkham Asylum)

#BattalionWars (Battalion Wars)

#BattleZone (Battle Zone)

#Battlefield (Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1943: Pacific, Battlefield 2, Battlefield: Bad Company)

#Bayonetta (Bayonetta)

#Bemani (Beatmania, #DDR [Dance Dance Revolution])

#Bejeweled (Bejeweled 2, Bejeweled Twist)

#BeneathaSteelSky (Beneath a Steel Sky)

#BeyondGoodAndEvil (Beyond Good & Evil)

#BioForge (BioForge)

#BionicCommando (Bionic Commando Rearmed)

#BioShock (BioShock, BioShock 2)

#BitTrip (Bit. Trip Core)

#Black (Black)

#BlackAndWhite (Black & White)

#BladeRunner (Blade Runner)

#BlastCorps (Blast Corps)

#Blasteroids (Blasteroids)

#BlazBlue (BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)

#BodyHarvest (Body Harvest)

#BombJack (Bomb Jack)

#Bomberman (Bomberman, Saturn Bomberman)

#BonsaiBarber (Bonsai Barber)

#Bookworm (Bookworm)

#BoomBlox (Boom Blox Bash Party)

#BootHill (Boot Hill)

#Borderlands (Borderlands)

#BoulderDash (Boulder Dash)

#Braid (Braid)

#BrainTraining (Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training)

#Breakout (Breakout)

#BreathofFire (Breath of Fire II)

#BrokenSword (Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars)

#BubbleBobble (Bubble Bobble, #PuzzleBobble [Puzzle Bobble])

#BuggyBoy (Buggy Boy)

#Bully (Bully)

#BurningRangers (Burning Rangers)

#Burnout (Burnout 2: Point of Impact, Burnout Paradise)

#BushidoBlade (Bushido Blade)

#Buzz (Buzz Quiz TV)

#CallofDuty (Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

#Canabalt (Canabalt)

#CannonFodder (Cannon Fodder)

#CapcomVs (Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000, SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)

#CaptainForever (Captain Forever)

#Carcassonne (Carcassonne)

#Carmageddon (Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now)

#CarrierCommand (Carrier Command)

#CastleCrashers (Castle Crashers)

#Castlevania (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Super Castlevania IV)

#CaveStory (Cave Story)

#Centipede (Centipede)

#ChibiRobo (Chibi-Robo!)

#Chime (Chime)

#Choplifter (Choplifter)

#ChroniclesofRiddick (Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay)

#Chrono (Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger)

#ChuChuRocket (ChuChu Rocket)

#ChuckieEgg (Chuckie Egg)

#CityofHeroes (City of Heroes)

#Civilization (Civilization, Civilization II, Civilization IV, Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution)

#ClubhouseGames (Clubhouse Games)

#Cogs (Cogs)

#ColinMcRaeDirt (Colin McRae: Dirt, Colin McRae: Dirt 2)

#Columns (Columns)

#Combat (Combat)

#CommandAndConquer (Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert)

#Commando (Commando)

#Commandos (Commandos 2: Men of Courage)

#CompanyofHeroes (Company of Heroes)

#Contra (Contra 4, Contra III: The Alien Wars)

#Crackdown (Crackdown)

#CrayonPhysics (Crayon Physics Deluxe)

#CrazyTaxir (Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller)

#CrimsonSkies (Crimson Skies)

#CritterCrunch (Critter Crunch)

#CruiseforaCorpse (Cruise for a Corpse)

#Crush (Crush)

#Crysis (Crysis)

#CrystalCastles (Crystal Castles)

#Cursor10 (Cursor*10)

#CyberTroopersVirtualOn (Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram)

#Cybernator (Cybernator)

#Daigasso (Daigasso! Band Brothers)

#Darius (Darius)

#DarkCloud (Dark Cloud)

#DarkSouls (Demon’s Souls)

#Darwinia (Darwinia)

#DaytonaUSA (Daytona USA)

#DeBlob (De Blob)

#DeadorAlive (Dead or Alive 4)

#DeadRising (Dead Rising)

#DeadSpace (Dead Space, Dead Space Extraction)

#DeathTank (Death Tank)

#DefJam (Def Jam: Fight for NY)

#DEFCON (DEFCON)

#Defender (Defender)

#DefenderoftheCrown (Defender of the Crown)

#DefenseGrid (Defense Grid: The Awakening)

#DéjàVu (Déjà Vu)

#Demigod (Demigod)

#DemolitionDerby (Demolition Derby)

#Descent (Descent)

#DesktopTowerDefense (Desktop Tower Defense)

#DeusEx (Deus Ex, Deus Ex Machina)

#DevilDice (Devil Dice)

#DevilMayCry (Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4)

#Diablo (Diablo, Diablo II)

#DigDug (Dig Dug)

#DisasterReport (Disaster Report)

#Disgaea (Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness)

#Dizzy (Fantasy World Dizzy)

#DJHero (DJ Hero)

#DoDonPachi (DoDonPachi)

#DonkeyKong (Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Country 3, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Donkey Konga, Mario vs. Donkey Kong)

#Doom (Doom, Doom 3, Doom II: Hell on Earth)

#DoubleDragon (Double Dragon)

#DragonAge (Dragon Age: Origins)

#DragonQuest (Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest V, Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King)

#DragonsLair (Dragon’s Lair)

#DrillDozer (Drill Dozer)

#Driver (Driver)

#Drop7 (Drop7)

#DukeNukem (Duke Nukem 3D)

#Dune (Dune II)

#DungeonKeeper (Dungeon Keeper)

#DungeonMaster (Dungeon Master)

#DungeonSiege (Dungeon Siege)

#E4 (E4)

#Eamon (Eamon)

#EarthDefenseForce (Earth Defense Force 2017)

#EarthwormJim (Earthworm Jim)

#EccotheDolphin (Ecco the Dolphin)

#Echochrome (Echochrome)

#EdgeEdgy (Edge / Edgy)

#EetsHunger (Eets: Hunger. It’s Emotional)

#Einhänder (Einhänder)

#ElastoMania (Elasto Mania)

#Elebits (Elebits)

#Eliss (Eliss)

#Elite (Elite)

#EliteBeatAgents (Elite Beat Agents)

#EmpireTotalWar (Empire: Total War)

#EpyxGames (California Games, Summer Games II)

#EternalDarkness (Eternal Darkness)

#EveOnline (Eve Online)

#EverQuest (EverQuest, EverQuest II)

#EverybodysGolf (Everybody’s Golf 5: World Tour)

#EverydayShooter (Everyday Shooter)

#Excitebike (Excitebike 64)

#Exile (Exile)

#Exit (Exit 2)

#EyeoftheBeholder (Eye of the Beholder)

#EyePet (EyePet)

#F355Challenge (Ferrari F355 Challenge)

#Fa (Fa)

#Fable (Fable, Fable II)

#Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit)

#Fairlight (Fairlight)

#Fallout (Fallout, Fallout 3)

#FantasticContraption (Fantastic Contraption)

#FarCry (Far Cry, Far Cry 2)

#Faselei (Faselei!)

#FatPrincess (Fat Princess)

#FatalFrame (Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse)

#FatalFury (Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves)

#FEAR (F.E.A.R, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin)

#Fieldrunners (Fieldrunners)

#FIFA (FIFA 2010)

#FightNight (Fight Night Round 3)

#FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)

#FinalFantasy (#Dissidia [Dissidia Final Fantasy])

#FinalFantasyIV (Final Fantasy IV)

#FinalFantasyIX (Final Fantasy IX)

#FinalFantasyTactics (Final Fantasy Tactics)

#FinalFantasyTacticsA2GrimoireoftheRift (Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift)

#FinalFantasyV (Final Fantasy V)

#FinalFantasyVI (Final Fantasy VI)

#FinalFantasyVII (Final Fantasy VII)

#FinalFantasyVIII (Final Fantasy VIII)

#FinalFantasyX (Final Fantasy X)

#FinalFantasyXII (Final Fantasy XII)

#FinalFight (Final Fight)

#FinalFurlong (Final Furlong)

#FireEmblem (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)

#FireProWrestling (Fire Pro Wrestling Returns)

#Flashback (Flashback)

#FlatOut (FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage)

#FlightControl (Flight Control)

#Flipnic (Flipnic)

#Flow (Flow)

#Flower (Flower)

#Flywrench (Flywrench)

#FootballManager (Football Manager 2010)

#ForgottenWorlds (Forgotten Worlds)

#Forza (Forza Motorsport 2, Forza Motorsport 3)

#FreeRunning (Free Running)

#FreedomFighters (Freedom Fighters)

#FreedomForce (Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich)

#Freespace (Freespace 2)

#Frequency (Frequency)

#Frogger (Frogger)

#FrontMission (Front Mission 3)

#FrontierElite (Frontier: Elite II)

#Fuel (Fuel)

#FullThrottle (Full Throttle)

#FZero (F-Zero GX, F-Zero X)

#GabrielKnight (The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery)

#GalacticCivilizations (Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords)

#Galaga (Galaga, Galaga ’88)

#Galaxian (Galaxian)

#Galcon (Galcon)

#GarrysMod (Garry’s Mod)

#Gauntlet (Gauntlet, Gauntlet II)

#GearsofWar (Gears of War, Gears of War 2)

#GeminiWing (Gemini Wing)

#GeoDefenseSwarm (GeoDefense Swarm)

#GeometryWars (Geometry Wars, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2)

#GhostReconAdvancedWarfighter2 (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2)

#GhostsNGoblins (Ghosts ’n Goblins, Ghouls ’n Ghosts, Ultimate Ghosts ’n Goblins)

#GiantsCitizenKabuto (Giants: Citizen Kabuto)

#GitarooMan (Gitaroo Man)

#GLOC (G-LOC: Air Battle (R-360))

#GodHand (God Hand)

#GodofWar (God of War, God of War II, God of War: Chains of Olympus)

#GoldenSun (Golden Sun)

#GoldenTeeLive (Golden Tee Live)

#Gorf (Gorf)

#GottliebPinballClassics (Gottlieb Pinball Classics)

#Gradius (Gradius)

#Gradius (Gradius V)

#GranTurismo (Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec)

#GrandPrixLegends (Grand Prix Legends)

#GrandSlamTennis (Grand Slam Tennis)

#GrandTheftAuto (Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Ruto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony)

#Grandia (Grandia II)

#Gravitar (Gravitar)

#GravityCrash (Gravity Crash)

#GravityPower (Gravity Power)

#GreenBeret (Green Beret)

#GregoryHorrorShow (Gregory Horror Show)

#GrimFandango (Grim Fandango)

#GrimGrimoire (GrimGrimoire)

#Grow (Grow)

#GTLegends (GT Legends)

#GTIClubRally (GTI Club Rally Côte d’Azur)

#GTR (GTR 2)

#GuardianHeroes (Guardian Heroes)

#GuildWars (Guild Wars)

#GuitarHero (Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero: Metallica)

#Gunpey (Gunpey)

#GunstarHeroes (Gunstar Heroes, Gunstar Super Heroes)

#Gyruss (Gyruss)

#HERO (H.E.R.O.)

#HalfLife (Half-Life, Half-Life 2, #CounterStrike [Counter-Strike Source])

#HalfMinuteHero (Half-Minute Hero)

#Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars)

#HangOn (Super Hang-On)

#HarvestMoon (Harvest Moon, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town)

#HeadOverHeels (Head Over Heels)

#HeavenlySword (Heavenly Sword)

#HeavyRain (Heavy Rain)

#HenryHatsworthi (Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure)

#HerzogZwei (Herzog Zwei)

#Hexic (Hexic 2)

#HiddenAndDangerous (Hidden & Dangerous 2)

#Hitman (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Blood Money)

#Homeworld (Homeworld)

#HotelDusk (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)

#Hunter (Hunter)

#HyperSports (Hyper Sports)

#IRobot (I, Robot)

#IkariWarriors (Ikari Warriors)

#Ikaruga (Ikaruga)

#IL2Sturmovik (IL-2 Sturmovik, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey)

#ImpossibleMission (Impossible Mission II)

#IndianaJones (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis)

#Infamous (Infamous)

#IntelligentQube (Intelligent Qube)

#InternationalKarate (International Karate +)

#InternationalTrackAndField (International Track & Field)

#Interstate76 (Interstate ’76)

#ISSProEvolution (ISS Pro Evolution)

#JadeEmpire (Jade Empire)

#JakandDaxter (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II)

#JamesBond (GoldenEye 007)

#JeannedArc (Jeanne d’Arc)

#JetForceGemini (Jet Force Gemini)

#JetSetRadio (Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future)

#Jetpac (Jetpac)

#Joust (Joust)

#JunoFirst (Juno First)

#JustCause (Just Cause)

#KarateChamp (Karate Champ)

#Katamari (Katamari Damacy, We Love Katamari)

#KidIcarus (Kid Icarus)

#KillSwitch (Kill Switch)

#Killer7 (Killer 7)

#KillerInstinct (Killer Instinct)

#Killzone (Killzone 2)

#KingOfFighters (King of Fighters ’94)

#KingdomHearts (Kingdom Hearts)

#Klax (Klax)

#KnightLore (Knight Lore)

#KungFuMaster (Kung-Fu Master)

#LaserSquad (Laser Squad)

#LeaderBoard (Leader Board)

#Left4Dead (Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2)

#LEGOStarWars (LEGO Star Wars)

#Lemmings (Lemmings)

#LetsTap (Let’s Tap)

#LineRider (Line Rider)

#LittleBigAdventure (Little Big Adventure)

#LittleComputerPeople (Little Computer People)

#LittleKing’sStory (Little King’s Story)

#LittleBigPlanet (LittleBigPlanet)

#LocoRoco (LocoRoco 2)

#LodeRunner (Lode Runner)

#Logan’sShadow (Logan’s Shadow)

#Loom (Loom)

#LordsOfMidnight (Lords of Midnight)

#LostWinds (Lost Winds, Lost Winds: Winter of the Melodias)

#Lumines (Lumines, Lumines Live)

#LunarLander (Lunar Lander)

#MULE (M.U.LE.)

#Maboshi (Maboshi: The Three Shape Arcade)

#Machinarium (Machinarium)

#Madden (John Madden Football)

#MadPlanets (Mad Planets)

#Mafia (Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven)

#Mana (Secret of Mana)

#Manhunt (Manhunt)

#ManiacMansion (Maniac Mansion, Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle)

#ManicWilly (Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy)

#MarathonInfinity (Marathon Infinity)

#MarbleMadness (Marble Madness)

#Mario (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Worl