Retrogame Archeology : Exploring Old Computer Games
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
by
John Aycock
Book Details
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
331980703X
ISBN-13
9783319807034
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 27th, 2018
Print length
222 Pages
Product Classification:
Internet and digital media: arts and performanceMedia studiesMedia studiesHistory of engineering & technologyHistory of engineering and technologyDigital and Information technology: general topicsInformation technology: general issuesComputer games / online games: strategy guidesComputer games / online games: strategy guides / companion worksGraphical & digital media applicationsComputer programming / software developmentComputer programming / software engineering
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Drawing on extensive research, this book explores the techniques that old computer games used to run on tightly-constrained platforms.
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 wide variety of topics in computer systems including memory management, interpretation, data compression, procedural content generation, and software protection.
Retrogame Archeology targets professionals and advanced-level students in computer science, engineering, and mathematics but would also be of interest to retrogame enthusiasts, computer historians, and game studies researchers in the humanities.
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 wide variety of topics in computer systems including memory management, interpretation, data compression, procedural content generation, and software protection.
Retrogame Archeology targets professionals and advanced-level students in computer science, engineering, and mathematics but would also be of interest to retrogame enthusiasts, computer historians, and game studies researchers in the humanities.
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