{"product_id":"neogeo-a-visual-history","title":"NEOGEO: A Visual History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFor a brief few years in the early 1990s, the NEOGEO was the pinnacle of video gaming. An elite, exclusive console that didn’t just emulate the arcade experience, as so many 8 and 16-bit consoles tried to do. It \u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e the arcade experience, pixel for pixel, on your TV at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in the days before polygons, the NEOGEO was a staunchly 2D system that gave birth to some of gaming's most iconic franchises such as \u003cem\u003eFatal Fury,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eT\u003cspan\u003ehe\u003c\/span\u003e K\u003cspan\u003eing\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e F\u003cspan\u003eighters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSamurai Shodown\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e of course\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMetal Slug\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEOGEO:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan\u003eV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eisual\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan\u003eH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal !msorm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eistory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is the first officially licensed NEOGEO art book of its kind \u003cspan\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ebe\u003c\/span\u003e released in the English language. A \u003cspan\u003epictorial\u003c\/span\u003e celebration of all things NEOGEO, it’s crammed full of beautiful \u003cspan\u003eimages\u003c\/span\u003e split into dedicated chapters, including Hardware, Box Art, Character and Concept Art\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e and Pixel Art. 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Metallic gold ink is used throughout and the binding employs thread rather than glue, so it will be much more durable and can open flat, minimising imagery lost in the binding. 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