“The Last Cassette” and the Local Chronology of 8-Bit Video Games in Poland

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dc.contributor.authorGarda Maria B.
dc.contributor.authorGrabarczyk Paweł
dc.contributor.organizationfi=digitaalisen kulttuurin, maiseman ja kulttuuriperinnön tutkimus|en=Degree Programme in Digital Culture, Landscape and Cultural Heritage|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.77579741941
dc.converis.publication-id66356524
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/66356524
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-27T11:51:08Z
dc.date.available2022-10-27T11:51:08Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The history of digital games is often focused on the discourse of firstness and on the appreciation of pioneers. The result of this is that there is still little research on late stages of different game history phenomena. Using a case study of one of the last developers for the 8-bit Atari computers, Garda and Grabarczyk discuss this asymmetry, as they investigate the chronology of late 8-bit video games in Poland in the 1990s. The “cassette era” was for many Polish gamers a generational experience, as they were exploring the limitations and strengths of this medium. The final act of the first lifecycle of the 8-bit generation in Poland overlapped with the heyday of the demoscene and the ascent of the international retrogaming scene.<br></p>
dc.format.pagerange55
dc.identifier.eisbn978-3-030-66422-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-66421-3
dc.identifier.olddbid172289
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/155383
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/30002
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021093047929
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorGarda, Maria
dc.okm.discipline616 Other humanitiesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline616 Muut humanistiset tieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA3 Book
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.publisher.countrySwitzerlanden_GB
dc.publisher.countrySveitsifi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeCH
dc.publisher.isbn978-3-319; 978-0-230; 978-0-333; 978-1-137; 978-1-349; 978-1-4472; 978-1-78632; 978-0-312; 978-1-4039; 978-1-137; 978-981-13; 978-981-10; 978-3-030; 978-981-15; 978-981-16; 978-3-031
dc.relation.doi10.1007/978-3-030-66422-0_3
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPalgrave Games in Context
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/155383
dc.title“The Last Cassette” and the Local Chronology of 8-Bit Video Games in Poland
dc.title.bookGame History and the Local
dc.year.issued2021

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