Leonard Herman Issues "Phoenix", the First Comprehensive History of Video Games

1994 to 2016
Cover of the first edition of Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Home Videogames

Cover of the 1994 first edition of Leonard Herman's book.

Cover of Phoenix IV.

Fourth edition of Phoenix, entitled Phoenix IV, in print in 2020.

In December 1994 Rolenta Press issued Leonard Herman's Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames. This was the first-ever comprehensive book on the history of videogames. By 2016 the book underwent its fourth edition retitled Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry. The publisher indicated that the fourth edition contained 1000 color photos. There was also a paperback edition with black & white photos.

Timeline Themes

Cover of the first edition of Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Home Videogames

Cover of the 1994 first edition of Leonard Herman's book.

Cover of Phoenix IV.

Fourth edition of Phoenix, entitled Phoenix IV, in print in 2020.