Game Over

How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children

This book chronicles the rise of Nintendo from a Japanese playing card manufacturer to a dominant global force in the video game industry. Author David Sheff details the company business strategies cultural impact and competitive tactics that reshaped entertainment. Through extensive interviews with executives and developers the narrative explores the creation of iconic games and hardware systems. It provides an in depth look at the corporate forces that captured the American market and transformed modern media.

by David Sheff

Random House · First published 1993 · 445 pages