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This is a video game analysis book, for six early Nintendo games, most of them featuring Mario. It covers Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Donkey Kong 3, Mario Bros, Wreking Crew, and Super Mario Bros. Each of the games has color screenshots. The book was released in two different versions. A hardback version was released on November 02, 2013, through "Blurb Inc.", and a paperback version was released on November 15, 2013 through CreateSpace Independent Publishing ISBN: 9781511804295. Books in this series: * GameSpite: Year One, Vol. 1 {2008} * GameSpite: Year One, Vol. 2 {2010} * GameSpite: Year Two {2012} GameSpite: Quarterly/Journal series {Volumes 1-7 are called G1, through G7} * GameSpite: Quarterly 1, Spring 2009: (Game Boy) x (20 Years) = Retrospective {2009} * GameSpite: Quarterly 2, Summer 2009: The Greatest* Games of All Time {2009} * GameSpite: Quarterly 3, Fall 2009: The Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Heroes {2009} * GameSpite: Quarterly 4, Spring 2010: The Mechanics of Gaming {2010} * GameSpite: Quarterly 5, Fall 2010: The NES Turns 25 {2010} * GameSpite: Quarterly 6, Winter 2010/2011: The Most Underappreciated* Games of All Time {2010} * GameSpite: Quarterly 7, Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Villains {2011} * GameSpite: Quarterly 8, PlayStation, 15 Years Later {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 9, Fall 1911: Games and Mortality {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 10: Super NES Turns 20 {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 11 {2012} * GameSpite: Journal 12: Sega Vol. 1, Arcade through 32X {2012} GameSpite Presents: * The Anatomy of Castlevania: The NES Trilogy {2012-13} {2013 Hardback title, The Anatomy of Castlevania: Vol. 1, The Introduction, says this is "GameSpite: Journal 13".} * The Anatomy of Zelda, Volume One {2013} {The hardback version is subtitled "GameSpite: Journal 14", on cover} * The Anatomy of Super Mario, Volume I {2013} * The Anatomy of Metroid, Vol. I {2014} * The Anatomy of Metroid, Vol. II {2014} ** The Anatomy of Metroid: Deluxe Edition {2014} * The Anatomy of Mega Man, Vol. I {2014}