| 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 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.
This book shows you how to: Emulate classic games on everything from cell phones to computers; Find vintage game hardware for the original old-school experience; Pick up recent classic game compilations: from all-in-one joysticks to CSs & DVDs full of the oldies; Put your Game Boy Advance to work as a classic gaming workhorse; Run (or emulate) classic computer systems such as the Apple, Commodore 64, & Atari 800; Play Infocom-style text adventures, and even write your own with Inform, a design system for interactive fiction; Write your own retro-style games for DOS, Flash, SDL, and the Game Boy Advance; Discover secrets still lurking in retro games. | |
