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Retrogame Archeology
John Aycock
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Description for Retrogame Archeology
Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 152 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UGG; UMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
Drawing on extensive research, this book explores the techniques that old computer games used to run on tightly-constrained platforms. Retrogame developers faced incredible challenges of limited space, computing power, rudimentary tools, and the lack of homogeneous environments.
Using examples from over 100 retrogames, this book examines the clever implementation tricks that game designers employed to make their creations possible, documenting these techniques that are being lost. However, these retrogame techniques have modern analogues and applications in general computer systems, not just games, and this book makes these contemporary connections. It also uses retrogames' implementation to introduce a ... Read more
Drawing on extensive research, this book explores the techniques that old computer games used to run on tightly-constrained platforms. Retrogame developers faced incredible challenges of limited space, computing power, rudimentary tools, and the lack of homogeneous environments.
Using examples from over 100 retrogames, this book examines the clever implementation tricks that game designers employed to make their creations possible, documenting these techniques that are being lost. However, these retrogame techniques have modern analogues and applications in general computer systems, not just games, and this book makes these contemporary connections. It also uses retrogames' implementation to introduce a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319300023
SKU
V9783319300023
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Retrogame Archeology
“The author does a pretty good job of taking a look at this most interesting field that many users, gamers, and programmers can identify with … . the book can be of interest also to nonprogrammers, retrogame enthusiasts, historians and researchers, and even just to readers who can recall games from their childhood and develop nostalgia just by reading it. ... Read more