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Japanese popular culture and video games

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PC gaming in Japan

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Japanese homosexual manga explained

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Controversy about RapeLay

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Homosexuality in post-Second World War Japan

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Background on the otaku and Japanese attitudes to technology

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Figures on the number of arcades operating in Japan

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Shigeru Miyamoto’s career history

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Information on Japanese computers and consoles

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Background on the history of Nintendo

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Cultural thinking in Japan during the 1980s

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Thoughs on Japanese role-playing games

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Language problems undermine computing in Japan

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Figures on the Japanese game industry including the popularity of role-playing games

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Home computing in Japan in the early 1980s

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History of the Japanese video game industry

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Interview with Henk Rogers

‘World News’ (1988)
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Dragon Quest III’s popularity in Japan

13. I Could Have Sworn It Was 1983

‘Absolutely brilliant!’ (1992)
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Interview with Codemasters

‘An audience with Richard Darling’ (1999)
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Interview with Codemasters’ Richard Darling

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Politics of the Comics Code and Hays Code

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Recounts Nintendo’s content rules

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Feature on Japanese influence in New York

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The Comics Code

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The history of Codmasters

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Information on the Amstrad GX4000 console

Cousins, Mark (2004)
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The Hays Code and its effects

Crudele, John (1988) ‘Video-game comeback’.
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Report on the return of the video game console

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The failure of Nintendo to conquer Europe

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The performance of the Sega Master System in the US

‘Dust to dust, attics to attics?’ (1987)
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European perspective on the return of the games console

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The return of the video game console

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The technology on show at the 1987 Consumer Electronics Show

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Information on the Amstrad GX4000 console

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Limited supplies of Nintendo products to US shops

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The scale of Nintendo’s operations in the US

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