SID MEIERS MEMOIR: A LIFE IN COMPUTER GAMES (HB)

Over his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world's most popular video games, including Civilization. Here is the story of an obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multi-million-pound industry. Writing with warmth and ironic humour, Meier describes the genesis of his influential studio, MicroProse, founded in 1982 after a trip to a Las Vegas arcade, and recounts the development of landmark games, from vintage classics like Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon, to Civilization and beyond