Leonard Herman

The Game Scholar

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@CollinRugg How many Jews signed that letter?

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I am so excited to announce that Joe Decuir has written the Foreword to the first volume of the upcoming Phoenix 5. Joe contributed to the Atari VCS, which was my console. He also worked on the Atari 800, which was my first computer and the first edition of Phoenix began on it.

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@RetroGamer_Mag I’m very partial to Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry. This is the fourth edition of the world’s first videogame history book, which was originally published in 1994.

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@TheVGLibrary Hi, I’m the author Leonard Herman. Check this out: https://t.co/E28tyc9aPp. If you hav any more questions, I’ll be happy to answer. Thanks!

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’m formally announcing that there will be a new member to the Phoenix family. Hopefully it will be out sometime next year in time for the 30th anniversary of the publication of the original Phoenix in December 1994.

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By popular demand I’m reprinting my classic 2005 book, ABC to the VCS.

ABC to the VCS was the first-ever book to feature descriptions to every game available for a specific videogame console. It contains descriptions to over 700 games and b&w screenshots to most of them.

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RIP to Pelé, the first celebrity to endorse a videogame

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In 1987, 11 years before it began distributing musical instrument-type controllers for its Bemani line of games, Konami released this piano keyboard with its game Doremikko for NIntendo’s Famicom Disk System

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Part 1 of my feature “Innovative Leisure: A History of Atari” appears in the current issue (31) of Old School Gamer Magazine magazine. If you’re a subscriber you can read it online now. If you’re not a subscriber, what are you waiting for?

https://t.co/Q2UTQPhDbT

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@Tinybird333 @gromoearth @damonimani It was Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in Parkland.

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Following the deaths of #RalphBaer and #TedDabney, #NolanBushnell left glowing comments about the two men. But in private, how did he really feel about them? Read the actual final correspondences between Nolan and the two men. https://t.co/ahIQ3kA8AW

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June 27, 2022 marks the 50th of Atari and arguably the 50th anniversary of the videogame industry. Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry is the most concise book about the history ever written.

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Were the early ball and paddle games video versions of Ping-Ping or tennis? Well the answer depends on what system you were playing them on.

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We might need glasses because these controllers look fuzzy.

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Happy 100th birthday to my dear friend, mentor and “surrogate father”, #RalphBaer100.

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@winterion A rededication in honor of Ralph’s birthday is planned for May 21, 2022

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@SI_Invention @smithsonian @amhistorymuseum Happy birthday to my dear friend. Here’s a photo of the two of us from ten years at his 90th birthday celebration.

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@luischivista123 Hi Luis. I’m sorry I hadn’t gotten back back to you. I rarely go on Twitter and I just saw your tweet now.

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@GovMurphy Are you going to make public apologies when you make comments about alleged incidents that turn out incorrect? A teacher in SO/Maplewood who has been cleared by the Essex County prosecutor’s office is waiting for you to publicly retract the statement you made in October about her