Digital Press Video Game Collector's Guide Advance [Paperback]

Joe Santulli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

The Digital Press series continues with this encyclopedia for 16-bit and 32-bit videogame collectors.

You've kept the original Collector's Guide near you on all of your gaming ventures, here's the book you've been waiting for, picking up where "the guide" left off! The Collector's Guide Advance is an essential tool for classic gamers, covering every "retired" system from 1989 to present with complete cartridge lists, pictures, scarcity ratings, production notes, and pricing guidelines. This edition of the Guide contains invaluable reference for the following systems:

-32X
-3DO
-CD32
-CDTV
-CD-i
-Dreamcast
-Game Boy
-Game Boy Color
-Game.com
-Game Gear
-Genesis
-Jaguar
-Laseractive
-Lynx
-Memorex VIS
-Nintendo 64
-Neo-Geo AES
-Neo-Geo CD
-Neo-Geo Pocket
-Nuon
-PC Engine
-Pico
-PlayStation
-R-Zone
-Saturn
-Sega CD
-Super NES
-SuperGrafx
-TurboGrafx-16
-Virtual Boy

This edition also contains appendices including an entertaining advertisement gallery, loads of box and screen images and brand new LORE (gaming experiences shared by our readers)! All jam-packed into 512 pages of gaming goodness.

Accept no substitutes! THIS is the ultimate in classic gaming guides.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Editor-in-Chief Joe Santulli began the Digital Press project in 1991. Since that time he has also been a staff writer for Electronic Games Magazine (1995), Video Game Collector (2004) and Tips & Tricks Magazine (2001-present). Santulli is also one of the organizers of the annual Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press (August 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0970980728
• ISBN-13: 978-0970980724
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,879,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for gamers... period., January 20, 2007

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Kevin "The RetroYoungen" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Press Video Game Collector's Guide Advance (Paperback)

I purchased the original DP Guide a year or two before this edition was released, and actually got it as part of a promotion (one of my stories of gamer tales made it into the book, so I earned a free copy), and since I've loved it by my side. The pages are put together very nicely, there is TONS of information on every page (ranging from cartridge numbers, to reviews, to backgrounds on games, and THEN come the collectors' values and rarity). Combine that with the sheer amount of games piled into this book and one is bound to remember a game or two that they'd feel would NEVER be heard from again.

So many systems are covered in this book that it could also be looked to as simply a reference guide for systems past, helping inform people of systems released right under their noses. If you consider yourself a gamer, or want to see how much your games could very well be worth today, this is a book to pick up and thumb through. Even though my copy was free, I admit: I've yet to be disappointed as I file through each page and, indeed, mark off all of the games I've bought that are included in this edition.

Enjoy, gamers!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative & usefull, April 24, 2006

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Advanced (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Press Video Game Collector's Guide Advance (Paperback)

I bought this along with the other collectors guide they released. Theyre both equally usefull & informative. I have two copies of this book, one to keep in my car for when I'm hunting for games at garage sales and the other copy waits for me in my bathroom. XD

Its VERY usefull for when you're wondering how rare or valuable a game is. It's like having an internet database in my hand at all times.

4.0 out of 5 stars Digital Press Video Game Collector's Guide Advance, August 24, 2009

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M. Benhart "Benihana" (McChord AFB WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Press Video Game Collector's Guide Advance (Paperback)

Great reference manual. So in depth with game info, hints and info...Covers all the great games from the later era...I use this book every time I decide to look for retro games...It is a little outdated but it is the best on the market for its time period.
If you are collector for good info and rough prices...this book would help out a lot...just double check what system you are looking for...there are 2 different versions, a older and a newer...both are great...