TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horowitz,Ken
TI  - From pinballs to pixels: an arcade history of Williams-Bally-Midway 
SN  - 9781476689371
AV  - HD9993 .E454 W674 2023
U1  - 338.76179480973 23/eng/20230310
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Williams, Harry,
KW  - WMS Industries Inc
KW  - Williams Electronics
KW  - Bally Midway Mfg. Co
KW  - Video games industry
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Video games
KW  - Pinball machines
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; More than just marbles and pins -- The Edison of pinball -- When Harry met Sammy -- Winds of change blow through Chicago -- A solid state of affairs -- Welcome to the video age -- Heroes of the golden age -- Crashed ... but not burned -- It's always darkest -- A new dawn -- A rose by any other name ... still makes games -- License to thrill -- A new golden age -- The candle that burns twice as bright... -- The end is the beginning ... is the end -- A skill shot for the new millennium -- No credit, no continue -- One last round at the arcade -- A legacy worth preserving
N2  - "From early classics like Contact to marvels like High Speed , gaming publisher Williams dazzled arcade goers with its diverse range of quality pinball games. The age of video games catapulted the company into legend with blockbusters like Defender and Joust , and by the end of the 1980s it was the largest coin-op publisher in North America. Its acquisition of Bally/Midway began a period of hits that included Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam , as well as the best-selling pinball machine of all time, The Addams Family "--
UR  - https://www.proquest.com/legacydocview/EBC/30508891?accountid=40594
ER  -