Videogame history is not just a history of one successful technology replacing the next. It is also a history of platforms and communities that never quite made it; that struggled to make their voices heard; that aggravated against the conventions of the day; and that never enjoyed the commercial success or recognition of their major counterparts. In *Minor Platforms in Videogame History*, Benjamin Nicoll argues that 'minor' videogame histories are anything but insignificant. Through an analysis of transitional, decolonial, imaginary, residual, and minor videogame platforms, Nicoll highlights moments of difference and discontinuity in videogame history. From the domestication of vector graphics in the early years of videogame consoles to the 'cloning' of Japanese computer games in South Korea in the 1980s, this book explores case studies that challenge taken-for-granted approaches to videogames, platforms, and their histories.

[Benjamin Nicoll](https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/b2.nicoll) is a Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication in the School of Communication and a member of the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

AcknowledgementsTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction - Failed, forgotten, or overlooked? Methods for historicizing minor platforms1. Ways of seeing game history: The Vectrex as a transitional platform2. Articulations of videogame piracy: The Zemmix as a decolonial platform3. Domesticating the arcade: The Neo Geo as an imaginary platform4. A dialectic of obsolescence? The Sega Saturn as a residual platform5. 'How history arrives': Twine as a minor platformConclusion - 'Something new in the old'NotesBibliographyIndex