.This is a great work that shows the humanity, creativity, and passion
inside the art and business of games. The public is playing a lot of
games today, and Rusel's and Johnny's fine book gives them a terrific
look behind the scenes.. --Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts
and 3DO

.As an industry veteran, I am excited to see that Rusel and Johnny have
poured their hard work and talent into creating this visual and textual
compendium of the history of computer entertainment. Just as I was,
I think you will be amazed to see how far we've come in so few years.
The pictorial content of this book represents a glimpse at great
milestones of our recent past that are quickly going to be impossible
to see, perhaps ever again, outside this volume.. --Richard Garriott,
computer gaming pioneer, developer of the Ultima series of games, and
founder of Origin Systems

This lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective takes you on a guided
tour of the evolution of electronic games from blips on a tiny screen
in a computer science lab to the multi-billion-dollar industry it has
become today. Hundreds of images of arcades, consoles, and PC games span
more than 30 years of game history from the beginning to the present day.
Meet the people who changed the world of entertainment and hear the tales
of their amazing successes and spectacular failures--including many
stories that have never been told in print before.

Rusel DeMaria has been a participant and observer in the electronic
gaming industry since its inception. He has written nearly 60 strategy
guides and is acknowledged as one of the pioneers of that book genre.
DeMaria has been a senior editor and columnist for several national
magazines, a speaker at the prestigious Computer Game Developer.s
Conference as well as other industry events.

Johnny L. Wilson has been group publisher for Wizards of the Coast
periodicals (Dragon, Dungeon, Star Wars Gamer, and Star Wars Insider
magazines) and editor-in-chief of Computer Gaming World magazine,
the world.s oldest PC-specific game magazine. A game reviewer for more
than 17 years, he has made frequent appearances as a computer game
historian/expert on the History Channel, National Public Radio, and
a variety of local television newsmagazines.

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