A riveting account from the delivery and remarkable evolution of the very most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the supreme history of video gaming. From its origins in the study labs from the 1940s to the groundbreaking achievement from the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming’s past. Along the way it requires in the magnificent rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage sector spawned with the computers of Sir Clive Sinclair, Japan’s fast ascent to the top of the video gaming tree, and the seismic impact of Doom.

Replay tells the sensational tale of how the creative vision of game designers throughout the world gave rise to 1 from the world’s most popular and active art forms. Based on extensive research and more than 140 interviews, Replay includes insights from gaming legends such as Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Will Wright-the originator from the Sims-Doom developer John Romero, and Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy popularity. Replay also includes a foreword by Richard Garriott (AKA Lord English).