Nostalgia Nerd's Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks
A Potted History of Personal Tech

Geçmişten günümüze yapılmış tüm oyun konsollarını eksisiyle artısıyla ele alan, güzel bir çalışma. Her konsolun tarihçesi, teknik özellikleri, en iyi ve en başarılı oyunları gibi konular tek tek ele alınmış. Üstüne bir de büyük görseller ve birinci sınıf bir baskı kalitesiyle süslenmiş. Atari, Commo......more

What a shame. I received this as a gift at Christmas, and on an initial browse through it looked like it would make for an interesting read. In truth though, once I got round to sitting down with it, I found it a disappointment. What appears an intriguing idea quickly turns out to be a flawed handli......more

I snatched Nostalgia Nerd’s book as soon as I found out about it because I’m following his YouTube channel and love most of his videos. He manages to be both informative and funny, and the items he covers are usually very interesting, so getting the book was a no-brainer. Although I have to say, its......more

4 / 5 for 'The Nostalgia Nerd's retro tech' by Peter Leigh This is a comic-book-sized yet thick and hefty book which I greatly enjoyed. Peter Leigh provides a comprehensive rundown of all of the varied gaming systems that were commercially released from the early 1970s, right up to the Xbox in 2002.......more

This book covers about 50 gaming consoles and home computers from the early to mid 70s through to the early 2000s. Except for a brief blurb at the end of the book, it purposely leaves out handheld gaming and PC gaming, possibly as subjects for future books. In addition to the hardware, three “Must S......more