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2010 video game reference book From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a video game reference book first published in October 2010.[2] It consists of a list of video games released between 1970 and 2013, arranged chronologically by release date.[3] Each entry in the list is accompanied by a short essay written by a video game critic, with some entries accompanied by screen shots.[4] It was edited by Tony Mott, long-time editor of Edge magazine.[2] The book's preface was written by video game designer Peter Molyneux.[1]
Soft cover edition | |
| Author | General Editor: Tony Mott Preface by Peter Molyneux |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Reference work |
| Published | 2010 (Universe Publishing)[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 960 p. |
| ISBN | 978-0-7893-2090-2 [1] |
It is written in a similar manner to 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, also published by Universe Publishing.[4][5]
| Platform | Games |
|---|---|
| 3DO | 1 |
| Commodore Amiga | 4 |
| Apple II | 1 |
| Arcade | 124 |
| Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum | 1 |
| PDP-10 | 1 |
| Dreamcast | 8 |
| Nintendo DS | 42 |
| Flash | 1 |
| Game Boy | 3 |
| Game Boy Advance | 20 |
| Game Boy Color | 1 |
| GameCube | 28 |
| Intellivision | 1 |
| Internet | 10 |
| iPad | 1 |
| iPhone | 14 |
| Atari Jaguar | 1 |
| Macintosh | 5 |
| Master System | 2 |
| Mega Drive | 9 |
| Mobile | 3 |
| Neo Geo | 2 |
| Neo Geo Pocket | 1 |
| Neo Geo Pocket Color | 1 |
| NES | 11 |
| Nintendo 64 | 23 |
| PC | 149 |
| PlayStation | 21 |
| PlayStation 2 | 53 |
| PlayStation 3 | 44 |
| PlayStation Portable | 16 |
| Sega Saturn | 7 |
| Super NES | 26 |
| ZX Spectrum/CPC | 1 |
| Atari ST/Mac | 1 |
| TurboGrafx-16 | 1 |
| Unix | 1 |
| VCS | 3 |
| Wii | 35 |
| Xbox | 8 |
| Xbox 360 | 37 |
Reception for the book has been generally positive, with critics praising the wealth of knowledge, but criticizing some particular entries. Rick Dakan of PopMatters stated, "Most of the choices seem great to me, and I like that the authors include a lot of smaller, experimental games and some flawed but important titles as well", but disagreed with some entries, such as Army of Two: The 40th Day.[3]
While The Austin Chronicle praised the history that the book presented, it criticized the book for its repetitiveness in listing several sequels in certain long-running series, such as the Final Fantasy and Resident Evil series.[4][6][7]
In his review for Starburst, Callum Shephard said that it was "a good guide" with the proviso that "It's distinctly weaker when it comes to covering handheld gaming and some titles are definitely under-represented."[8]
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