Book overview The sprawl of Adventure.

The addictiveness of Breakout.

The intensity of Space Invaders.Once upon a time, you could only experience this kind of excitement at the arcade.

But in 1977 that changed forever.

You, and maybe a friend or a sibling, could instantly teleport from your own living room to a dazzling new world—with nothing more than a small plastic cartridge.This was the promise of the Atari 2600—