Works Cited

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IMAGE CREDITS

All of the gameplay footage was either from my own playthrough, or via a contractor who played and recorded the game.

Most of the covers and all of the stills of games I did not play (such as ET) are from Wikipedia, it should be clear in each case what the link goes to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600#/media/File:Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200#/media/File:Atari-5200-4-Port-wController-L.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800#/media/File:Atari-7800-Console-Set.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_1942#/media/File:Battlefiel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2#/media/File:Battlefield2Cover.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2#/media/File:Call_of_Duty_2_Box.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision#/media/File:ColecoVision-wController-L.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike#/media/File:Counter-Strike_Logo.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikatana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game)

#/media/File:Etvideogamecover.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Cry_Instincts#/media/File:Far_Cry_Instincts_Coverart.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauntlet_(1985_video_game)#/media/File:Gauntlet_screenshot.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007_(1997_video_game)#/media/File:Goldeneyeemulated4lw.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2#/media/File:Half-Life_2_cover.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved#/media/File:Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_(XBox_version_-_box_art).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2#/media/File:Halo2-cover.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_%26_Dangerous_2#/media/File:Hidden_%26_Dangerous_2.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killzone_(series)#/media/File:KILLZONE_SVG.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade_Stand#/media/File:Lemonade_Stand_2.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor:_Allied_Assault#/media/File:Medal_of_Honor_-_Allied_Assault_Coverart.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor:_European_Assault#/media/File:Medal_of_Honor_-_European_Assault_Coverart.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(1999_video_game)#/media/File:Medal_of_Honor_(1999_video_game).png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime#/media/File:MetroidPrimebox.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System#/media/File:NES-Console-Set.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller_(video_game)#/media/File:Painkiller_Coverart.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark#/media/File:Perfect_dark_box.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Faction#/media/File:Red_Faction_Series_logo.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance:_Fall_of_Man#/media/File:Resistance_Fall_of_Man.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#/media/File:Sega-Genesis-Mk2-6button.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)#/media/File:SimCity-Indigo.gif

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiN#/media/File:Sin_Box_Front.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege:_Tribes#/media/File:StarsiegeTribesBox.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_Classic#/media/File:Team_Fortress_Classic_box.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Escape_from_Butcher_Bay#/media/File:RiddickButcherBay.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeSplitters_2#/media/File:Timesplitters2.JPGd_1942_Box_Art.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Vegas#/media/File:Tom_Clancy_Rainbow_Six_Vegas_Game_Cover.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six_(video_game)#/media/File:Rb6box.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy

%27s_Rainbow_Six_3:_Raven_Shield#/media/File:Rainbowsix3.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_(1998_video_game)#/media/File:Unreal_Coverart.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament#/media/File:Unrealtournament.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament_2004#/media/File:Unreal_Tournament_2004_Coverart.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983#/media/File:Atari_E.T._Dig-_Alamogordo,_New_Mexico_(14036097792).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargaming#/media/File:Julius_Caesar_Columbia_Games.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Gta-sa-screen1.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Donkey_Kong_Jr._%28arcade_game%29.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/ET2600-Pit.gif

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Half-Life_Cover_Art.jpg

For Time Crisis and the Pac-Man Cabinet, I relied on these sources, respectively.

https://www.arcade-museum.com/images/117/1174471341.jpg

https://www.thepinballcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/arcadepartyupright1.jpg

For Nishikado's photo, I obtained the image here:

https://alchetron.com/Tomohiro-Nishikado#-