How to Win at Video Games

This is a tips, strategy, and hints book, for helping players score more points and last longer at arcade video games. There are illustrations of the game screens, rather then screenshots. The main section covers 9 games. This section tells of the popularity of the game, what the player is supposed to do, the points that the certain items are worth, general patterns and tips, in two parts 'Elements', and 'Strategy'. After this section, there is a 'Statistics' section with nine different criteria, such as the number of machines sold, the appeal of the game, to different age groups and sexes, and such. The third section gives one page of review and tips for 4 other games. The last section gives short reviews of 4 new (at the time the book was published) arcade games. This book is a condensed of the spiral bound book ISBN: 0517381192, published by Beekman House. Books in the "Editors of Consumer Guide" video game series. * The Complete Book of Video Games, {1977} ISBN: 0446844493 * "How to Win at Video Games" ISBN: 0517381192 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0671458418 {1982, book size} * "How To At Win Donkey Kong" ISBN: 067145840X {1982} * "How to Win at ET, The Video Game" ISBN: 0517408414 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0440137675 {1983, Book size} * "Pac-Mania: Top Strategies For Home & Arcade Pac-Man" ISBN: 0517389150 {1982} * "How to Win at Video Games: Complete Strategies for Top Arcade Games" ISBN: 0517424703 {1983} * "How to Win at Home Video Games" ISBN: 0727018205 {1983} ==Nintendo * Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0517687348 {Red cover spiral bound, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.} ** Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0881766984 {Red cover, glue spine, with "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.} ** Nintendo Strategies {White cover, standard paperback version, glued spine, no ISBN listed, and no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. Cover price $4.95} ** Strategies for Nintendo Games {Yellow cover, ISBN 0881767212 listed on title page, says "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover, and price $12.95.} * More Strategies for Nintendo Games {1989} {Blue cover, spiral bound, ISBN: 0517695774} ** More Strategies for Nintendo Games {Blue cover, glued spine, no barcode} * Winning Tips For Nintendo: Newest Game Strategies, {1990} ISBN: 1561730076. * Winner's Guide to Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561735205 * Winning at Nintendo: Hot Tips for the Coolest Games, ISBN: 0881769959 ** Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games, {1989} ISBN: 1561730068 * More Hot Tips For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561731463 * Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1990} ISBN: 1561730971 * More Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1991} ISBN: 1561733261 * Super Strategies For Nintendo, {1992} ISBN: 1561733512 ==Super Nintendo * Super Nintendo: PlayAction Strategies, ISBN: 1561738530