Supercade: A visual history of the videogame age 1971-1984.
Supercade: A visual history of the videogame age 1971-1984.
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Supercade heads toward a reissue to recapture the golden age of video games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Supercade was Van Burnham’s ode to the golden age of video games — a big coffee table book that captured the visual history of games from 1971 to 1984.

Now that golden age is getting a refresh as Burnham’s Supercade book is heading toward a reissue, thanks to a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. As of last night, the campaign had raised $50,347 of its $34,000 goal. More than 259 people have backed it, with 19 days to go in the campaign.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.