Console Wars by Harris, Blake J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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DEDICATION CONTENTS FOREWORD BY SETH ROGEN AND EVAN GOLDBERG AUTHOR'S NOTE PROLOGUE PART ONE: GENESIS

1. THE OPPORTUNITY 2. R & D 3. THE STORY OF TOM KALINSKE 4. RUDE AWAKENING 5. THE HISTORY OF NOA 6. THE NAME OF THE GAME 7. POSTCARDS FROM ARKANSAS 8. THE BIRTH OF AN ICON 9. TRIPPED UP 10. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 11. LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE 12. THE REVOLUTION WILL BE PIXELATED

PART TWO: SONIC VS. MARIO

13. THE WINDS OF CHANGE 14. SEGAVILLE 15. THE PHYSICIST IS DISPLEASED 16. ROPE-A-DOPE 17. SHOWDOWN 18. THE UNDERDOG DAYS OF SUMMER 19. THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY 20. WORTH WAITING FOR 21. THE HEART AND THE BRAIN

PHOTO SECTION PART THREE: THE NEXT LEVEL

22. TARGET PRACTICE 23. SEQUELS, SKIRMISHES, AND BASEBALL IN SEATTLE 24. FYRIRGEFNING SYNDANNA 25. BACK 2 WORK 26. ORIGIN STORIES 27. SOMETHING BEYOND VIDEOGAMES 28. BOCA 29. AFTER THE BLACKOUT, BUT 30. JUST DO IT 31. TOO HOT, TOO COLD, AND JUST RIGHT 32. THE KUTARAGI DREAM MACHINE 33. A QUICK LAP AROUND VICTORY LANE 34. COPS AND ROBBERS 35. SHOSHINKAI 36. PROMETHEUS REVISITED 37. THE SEGA-SONY-NINTENDO LOVE TRIANGLE 38. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES 39. AND AWAY WE GO!

PART FOUR: CIVIL WAR

40. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 41. FUGU 42. BARBARIANS AT THE GATE 43. MAGIC CARPET RIDE 44. CRAZY LIKE A FOX 45. UNACCEPTABLE 46. BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TIERS 47. THE MAN WHO CAME FROM PEPSI 48. MARCH OF THE LEMMINGS 49. SWITCHING SIDES 50. THE TIPPING POINT 51. THE LAST AND BEST OF THE PETER PANS

PART FIVE: THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

52. NEXT GEN 53. MAN’S BEST FRIEND 54. NIGHT TRAPPED 55. IT’S JUST WINDY ... NOT A METAPHOR 56. COMBAT PAY 57. LIFE ON MARS 58. ROSES ARE RED 59. BLAST FROM THE PAST 60. KINGS OF THE JUNGLE 61. AND THEN THERE WERE THREE 62. FORK IN THE ROAD 63. KILLER INSTINCT 64. GAME OVER

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