Minor Platforms in Videogame History

Benjamin Nicoll is a Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication in the School of Communication and a member of the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

• Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Introduction - Failed, forgotten, or overlooked? Methods for historicizing minor platforms 1. Ways of seeing game history: The Vectrex as a transitional platform 2. Articulations of videogame piracy: The Zemmix as a decolonial platform 3. Domesticating the arcade: The Neo Geo as an imaginary platform 4. A dialectic of obsolescence? The Sega Saturn as a residual platform 5. 'How history arrives': Twine as a minor platform Conclusion - 'Something new in the old' Notes Bibliography Index

"Benjamin Nicoll sets up his epistemic (work)shop for an inspiring minor game history that aims to make game studies strange again. From cultural studies to media analysis, the book’s contribution is not only about past game platforms but it also offers strong methodological insights. The result is a magnificent contribution both to game studies and media archaeology." - Professor Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton, author of *What is Media Archaeology?*