Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Definition of Electronic Gaming -- From Chess to Spacewar! to Pong -- Early Home Video Consoles -- Atari Console -- Activision Inc. -- Interactive Fiction -- Personal Computer Games -- Zork -- The Return of Video Consoles -- Sega Corporation -- Notable Early Electronic Games -- Pong -- Pac-Man -- Tetris -- The Legend of Zelda -- Chapter 2: Networked Games and Next-Generation Consoles -- Online Gaming -- From MUDs to MMOGs -- Birth of Virtual Economies -- Gaming Communities and Social Gaming -- Notable Online Games -- Lineage -- Second Life -- World of Warcraft (WoW) -- Popular Home Consoles and the Expansion of Mobile Gaming -- Nintendo Console -- Nintendo Wii -- PlayStation -- PlayStation Home -- Xbox -- Chapter 3: Electronic Shooter Games -- The Shooter Game Genre -- Notable Shooter Games -- Space Invaders -- Doom -- Half-Life -- NVIDIA Corporation -- Unreal Tournament -- Halo -- America's Army -- Call of Duty -- Far Cry -- BioShock -- Chapter 4: Electronic Sports Games -- The Sports Game Genre -- Electronic Arts, Inc. -- Notable Sports Games -- Madden NFL -- FIFA -- Wii Sports -- Wii Fit -- Chapter 5: Electronic Adventure Games -- Text-Based Adventures -- Graphic-Based Adventures -- Action-Adventure Games -- Notable Adventure Games -- Prince of Persia -- Myst -- Resident Evil -- Tomb Raider -- Diablo -- Metal Gear Solid -- God of War -- Assassin's Creed -- Chapter 6: Electronic Platform Games and Music Games -- The Platform Game Genre -- The Music Game Genre -- Notable Platform Games and Music Games -- Donkey Kong -- Super Mario Bros. -- LittleBigPlanet -- SingStar -- Guitar Hero -- Rock Band -- Chapter 7: Brain Games -- The Electronic Management Game Genre -- The Electronic Puzzle Game Genre -- The Electronic Artificial Life Game Genre -- Deep Blue.

Notable Brain Games -- Chessmaster -- Railroad Tycoon -- SimCity -- The Sims -- Spore -- Chapter 8: Electronic Role-Playing Games -- Single-Player RPGs -- Multiplayer RPGs -- Notable Electronic Role-Playing Games -- Final Fantasy -- Pokémon -- Richard Garriott -- Fallout -- Baldur's Gate -- Kingdom Hearts -- Chapter 9: Electronic Fighting Games and Vehicle Games -- The Electronic Fighting Game Genre -- Eight-Bit Era -- Sixteen-Bit Era -- Three-Dimensional Fighting Games -- Home Console Games -- The Electronic Vehicle Game Genre -- Racing Games -- Combat Games -- Notable Electronic Fighting Games and Vehicle Games -- Street Fighter -- Mortal Kombat -- Regulation -- Grand Theft Auto -- Chapter 10: Electronic Strategy Games -- Turn-Based Games -- Real-Time Games -- Notable Electronic Strategy Games -- Romance of the Three Kingdoms -- Civilization -- Command & Conquer -- Age of Empires -- StarCraft -- Blizzard Entertainment -- Disgaea -- Myth -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Notable Electronic Games -- Shooter Games -- Sports Games -- Adventure Games -- Platform Games -- Management Games -- Puzzle Games -- Artificial Life Games -- Role-Playing Games -- Vehicle Games -- Strategy Games -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.