Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Forward; 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 For21. The Heart and the Brain; 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 Before the Surge; 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 War40. 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 Road63. Killer Instinct; 64. Game Over; Epilogue; Acknowledgements.