The Golden Age of Video Games

Table of contents

1. Front cover (1/2)
2. Front cover (2/2)
3. Contents
4. Foreword
5. Preface
6. Acknowledgments
7. Timeline (1/3)
8. Timeline (2/3)
9. Timeline (3/3)
10. Part I
11. The Beginning (1/2)
12. The Beginning (2/2)
13. The First Commercial Game and the First Home Console (1/2)
14. The First Commercial Game and the First Home Console (2/2)
15. Atari, Pong, and the Jackals (1/2)
16. Atari, Pong, and the Jackals (2/2)
17. Pong Goes Home
18. Home Consoles (1/3)
19. Home Consoles (2/3)
20. Home Consoles (3/3)
21. Meanwhile, in Japan… (1/2)
22. Meanwhile, in Japan… (2/2)
23. Computers Go Home Too! (1/2)
24. Computers Go Home Too! (2/2)
25. Games That Pushed Boundaries I (1/3)
26. Games That Pushed Boundaries I (2/3)
27. Games That Pushed Boundaries I (3/3)
28. Part II
29. 1983: The Crash (1/2)
30. 1983: The Crash (2/2)
31. Computers, Computers, Computers (1/3)
32. Computers, Computers, Computers (2/3)
33. Computers, Computers, Computers (3/3)
34. Atari and Commodore: from Here, Where?
35. Nintendo Gives Consoles an Extra Life: the NES, ROB, and Super Mario
36. New Competition: the Sega Master System
37. Games That Pushed Boundaries II (1/3)
38. Games That Pushed Boundaries II (2/3)
39. Games That Pushed Boundaries II (3/3)
40. Part III
41. The Beginning of a New Era
42. New Generations with Some of the Same Old Problems (1/2)
43. New Generations with Some of the Same Old Problems (2/2)
44. 1991: Sony and Nintendo?
45. The PC Becomes Gaming Mature
46. Games That Pushed Boundaries III (1/3)
47. Games That Pushed Boundaries III (2/3)
48. Games That Pushed Boundaries III (3/3)
49. Epilogue
50. Game Over
51. Press Start to Continue (1/2)
52. Press Start to Continue (2/2)
53. Appendix A
54. Appendix B
55. Bibliography
56. Photo Credits
57. About the Author (1/2)
58. About the Author (2/2)
59. Back cover