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| * Hardware: A history of gaming hardware broken down by platform, and a list of best selling games by platform. | * Hardware: A history of gaming hardware broken down by platform, and a list of best selling games by platform. | ||
| * Record Breaking Games: An overview of games divided by genre, with standout games featured in a spread. | * Record Breaking Games: An overview of games divided by genre, with standout games featured in a spread. | ||
| * Top 100 Arcade Games: A list of the top 100 arcade games of all time, from classic games to modern. (This has been replaced in the 2009 edition by a "Top 50 Console Games" based on the favorite games industry experts polled) | * Top 100 Arcade Games: A list of the top 100 arcade games of all time, from classic games to modern. (This has been replaced in the 2009 edition by a "Top 50 Console Games" based on the favorite games of industry experts polled) | ||
| * ]: An alphabetical list of high scores for games of all genres and platforms. | * ]: An alphabetical list of high scores for games of all genres and platforms. | ||
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| File:Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008.jpgGuinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2008 | |
| Cover artist | Itonic Design, Api Group |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition |
| Subject | World Records, Video Games |
| Genre | Information |
| Publisher | Hit Entertainment |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place |  United Kingdom |
| Pages | (2008) 258 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1-904994-20-6 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Followed by | Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2009 |
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is a Guinness World Records book dedicated to video games. The first edition was released in February 2008 in association with the video games world records' tracking organization Twin Galaxies. The second edition was released in 2009. The third edition was released in January 2010.
Unlike the post-annually published Guinness World Records book, the Gamer's Edition is annually published.
Content
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2008 is a book of 250 pages filled with gaming facts, trivia, and records spanning the birth of the video game to current next-generation consoles.
Chapters in this book include:
- The Year In Gaming: A look at the major events of the year broken down by months.
- 2007 Best Sellers Chart: A list of the top 20 selling Games of 2007, with records and descriptions.
- Hardware: A history of gaming hardware broken down by platform, and a list of best selling games by platform.
- Record Breaking Games: An overview of games divided by genre, with standout games featured in a spread.
- Top 100 Arcade Games: A list of the top 100 arcade games of all time, from classic games to modern. (This has been replaced in the 2009 edition by a "Top 50 Console Games" based on the favorite games of industry experts polled)
- High Scores: An alphabetical list of high scores for games of all genres and platforms.