rolenta
03-24-2004, 07:01 PM
I rarely criticize other people's books but when I read this one, I couldn't hold back. When I first heard about the Midnight Tiger: The Complete Guide to Atari 2600 Video Games by Ben Coulson, I almost suspended publishing the 2nd edition of ABC To The VCS for fear that the market couldn't support two similar books. I needn't have worried!
The Midnight Tiger (someone please tell me what the title means!) consists of capsule reviews of approximately 600 games. The author then includes reviews of each of the companies that manufacturered games for the 2600. Here is the review for Commavid and the quality of this review is reflected throughout the entire book. This is exactly how it appears in the book:
"COMMAVID - NUMBER OF GAMES - 7
CommaVid was a small German company that released some of the rarest games ever. Games such as MagicCard and Video Jogger are almost impossible to find. Although not worldbeaters games such as Room of Doom and Cosmic Swarm were very playable. Like others though they were in financial difficulties before the great crash which simply hastened their demise."
The Midnight Tiger (someone please tell me what the title means!) consists of capsule reviews of approximately 600 games. The author then includes reviews of each of the companies that manufacturered games for the 2600. Here is the review for Commavid and the quality of this review is reflected throughout the entire book. This is exactly how it appears in the book:
"COMMAVID - NUMBER OF GAMES - 7
CommaVid was a small German company that released some of the rarest games ever. Games such as MagicCard and Video Jogger are almost impossible to find. Although not worldbeaters games such as Room of Doom and Cosmic Swarm were very playable. Like others though they were in financial difficulties before the great crash which simply hastened their demise."