Replay: The History of Video Games

by Tristan Donovan

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A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past. Along the way, it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry spawned by the computers of Sir Clive Sinclair, Japan's rapid ascent to the top of the gaming show more tree, and the seismic impact of Doom. Replay tells the sensational story of how the creative vision of game designers across the globe gave rise to one of the world's most popular and dynamic art forms. Based on extensive research and more than 140 interviews, Replay includes insights from video game legends such as Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Will Wright-the creator of The Sims-Doom designer John Romero, and Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy fame. Replay also includes a foreword by Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British). show less

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Tristan Donovan
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Tristan Donovan is the author of two widely praised books, Replay: The History of Video Games and Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World. His journalism has appeared in many major newspapers, magazines, and websites. He has a degree in ecology.

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Replay: The History of Video Games
People/Characters
Scott Adams; Darin Adler; Michael Albaugh; Al Acorn; Tim Anderson; Noah Anglin (show all 199); Minoru Arakawa; Ralph Baer; Dona Bailey; Richard Bartle; Evgeni Nikolaevich Belikov; Ian Bell; Marc Blank; Cliff Bleszinski; Jonathan Blow; David Braben; Steve Bristow; Geoff Brown; Heath Brown; Tanya Bryon; Bill Budge; Dani Bunten Berry; Nolan Bushnell; Mark Butler; Adrian Carmack; John Carmack; Ron Carmel; Frank Costello; David Crane; Chris Crawford; Mel Croucher; Will Crowther; Ted Dabney; Don Daglow; Amber Dalton; Bruce Daniels; Thomas Daniels; David Darling; Walter Day; Chris Delay; Howard Delman; Ken Demarest; Eddie Dombrower; Rick Dyer; John Dykstra; Les Edgar; Masanobu Endo; Douglas Engelbart; Alex Evans; Bruce Everiss; Peter Favaro; Jamie Fenton; Jay Fenton; Dean Friedman; Rob Fulop; Kyle Gabler; Gary Garcia; Toby Gard; Richard Garriott; Manny Gerard; Ron Gilbert; Rich Gold; Mikhail Gorbachev; Peter Harrap; Bill Harrison; Trip Hawkins; Mark Healey; Jeremy Heath-Smith; Geoff Heath; Roger Hector; Nils-Holger Henning; William Higinbotham; Rich Hilleman; Joost Honig; Yuji Horii; Sam Houser; Andy Hoyos; Howell Ivy; Satoru Iwata; Toru Iwatani; Bob Jacob; Eugene Jarvis; Jane Jensen; Steve Jobs; Jason Kapalka; Larry Kaplan; Ray Kassar; Michael Katz; Joe Keenan; Bob Keeshan; Herbert Kohl; Alan Kotok; Jaron Lanier; Brenda Laurel; Jerry Lawson; Bob Lawton; Jean-Louis Le Breton; Dave Lebling; Harold Lee; Ken Levine; Joseph Lieberman; Howard Lincoln; Mike Livesay; Ed Logg; Starr Long; Al Lowe; George Lucas; John Madden; Masaya Matsuura; Kevin Maxwell; Tom McHugh; Jordan Mechner; Sid Meier; Ken Melville; Steve Meretzky; Alfred Milgrom; Rand Miller; Robyn Miller; Scott Miller; Jay Miner; Jeff Minter; Shigeru Miyamoto; Tsutomu Miyazaki; Peter Molyneux; Joe Montana; Brian Moriarty; Chip Morningstar; Mark Morris; Yuji Naka; Tomohiro Nishikado; Bill Nutting; Dave Nutting; Tetsu Okano; Andrew Oliver; Philip Oliver; Scott Orr; Sheldon Pacotti; Alexey Pajitnov; Rob Pardo; Gary Penn; Eugene Provenzo Jr; Lyle Rains; Frédérick Raynal; Ronald Reagan; David Riordan; Joe Robbins; Warren Robinett; Henk Rogers; George A. Romero; John Romero; Philip Rosedale; Larry Rosenthal; Steve Ross; Ed Rotberg; Owen Rubin; Bill Rusch; Steve Russell; Hironobu Sakaguchi; Arthur Samuel; Claude Shannon; Lorelei Shannon; Dave Shepperd; Clive Sinclair; Jake Song; Marek Spanel; Steven Spielberg; Chris Stamper; Tim Stamper; Robert Stein; Ivan Sutherland; Yu Suzuki; Satoshi Tajiri; Jun Takeuchi; Takashi Tezuka; Dave Theurer; John Tobias; J. R. R. Tolkien; Jack Tramiel; Muriel Tramis; Roy Trubshaw; Hugh Tuck; Alan Turing; Philippe Ulrich; Don Valentine; Rich Vogel; Jonathan Waldren; H. G. Wells; Bill White Jr; Bob Whitehead; Jay Wilbur; Ken Williams; Roberta Williams; Don Woods; Steve Wozniak; Will Wright; Hiroshi Yamauchi; Gunpei Yokoi; Natale Zaccaria; Tom Zito
First words
The world changed forever on the morning of 17th July 1945.
Original language
English

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Technology
DDC/MDS
794.8 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Chess, Computer Games / Card Games Electronic games
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GV1469.3 .D66 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Games and amusements Indoor games and amusements Board games. Move games
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