John Aycock

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Retrogame Archeology: Exploring Old Computer Games (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016, 27 May 2018

Retrogame Archeology: Exploring Old Computer Games (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016)
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Print Length
222 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
27 May 2018
ISBN-10
331980703X
ISBN-13
9783319807034

Description

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.

Product Details

Author:
John Aycock
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
27 May 2018
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.3 cm
ISBN-10:
331980703X
ISBN-13:
9783319807034
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
222
Publisher:
Weight:
344.73 gm

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