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Retro Gaming Hacks View Larger Image | Chris Kohler
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published October 2005, 304 pages, ISBN 0596009178 | List Price: $29.95
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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 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.
Retro Gaming Hacks serves up 85 hard-nosed hacks for reviving the classic
games. Want to game on an original system? Kohler shows you how to hack ancient
hardware, and includes a primer for home-brewing classic software. Rather adapt
today's equipment to run retro games? Kohler provides emulation techniques,
complete with instructions for hacking a classic joystick that's compatible
with a contemporary computer. The book also teaches readers to revive old machines
for the original gaming experience: hook up an Apple II or a Commodore 64, for
example, and play it like you played before.
A video game journalist and author of Power Up: How Japanese Video Games
Gave the World an Extra Life, Kohler has taught the history of video games
at Tufts University. In Retro Gaming Hacks he locates the convergence
of classic games and contemporary software, revealing not only how to retrofit
classic games for today's systems, but how to find the golden oldies hidden
in contemporary programs as well.
Whether you're looking to recreate the magic of a Robotron marathon or simply
crave a little handheld Donkey Kong, Retro Gaming Hacks shows you how
to set the way-back dial.
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