> fully document all Sega arcade games
That doesn't sound like a very reasonable scope. Just look at Sixtoe's system16.com, how many arcade games did sega procuce over twenty-ish years ? This book chooses a very narrow focus on purpose, with the pop-up gimmick - that's not for everyone. I've read books which try to document the whole lifecycle of a console (PC Engine and SNES for example) and they're boring, reading like a superficial catalog. Those super scaler games are iconic and covering them as industrial objects is interesting, not something you can find on a million articles on the web. ROM has proved they can dig up exclusive inside info, not just copy-paste stale stuff. Hopefully if the book is a hit they will do more (I'd like one about model2 machines like top skater & co).
TLDR I accept the quality over quantity approach even if I would like them to aim higher. Still a little afraid they would miss info that MAME / collector enthusiasts have dug up over the years !
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