Retro Gaming Hacks

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Author: Chris Kohler

ISBN-10: 0596009178

ISBN-13: 9780596009175

Category: Computer Games & Entertainment - General & Miscellaneous

Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming. Every Game Boy must ponder his roots from time to time. But whatever is driving the current retro gaming craze, one thing is certain: classic games are back for a big second act, and they're being played in both old and new ways.\ Whether you've just been attacked by Space Invaders for the first time or you've been a Pong junkie since puberty, Chris Kohler's Retro...

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Kohler's "Retro Gaming Hacks" is the indispensable new guide to playing and hacking classic games. Kohler has complied tons of how-to information on retro gaming that used to take days or weeks of Web surfing to track down and sort through, and he presents it in the popular and highly readable Hacks style.

Ch. 1Playing retro games1Ch. 2Playing neo-retro games54Ch. 3Playing arcade games on your computer84Ch. 4Playing classic console games137Ch. 5Playing with early personal computers241Ch. 6Playing with text adventures290Ch. 7Playing with DOS321Ch. 8Playing at game design349Ch. 9Playing around with other neat stuff420