Mon, 27 Feb 2006
Retro Gaming Hacks
Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks, O'Reilly
In addition to everything else, this is a pretty good guide
to some of the old gaming consoles. The book starts off by examining
them in some detail: where to get them, different models etc.
It also lists some of the most desirable consoles so if you trip
over something in the attic you might have a few more clues
than you did.
Next we deal with all sorts of emulators for playing different
sorts of games right there on your PC. What you need is outlined along with
what to do.
There's a brief section on writing your own adventure games and
MUDs, and even how to write a DOS game. You can tell from that the
book isn't OS specific. There are mentions of things to do with Linux,
Mac OS, and Windows. Then we're onto hacking some of the games
themselves. There's a lot here for keen gamers with an interest beyond
the latest commercial release.
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