Creating Q*bert and other classic video arcade games / by Warren Davis ; foreword by Ed Boon ; afterword by John Newcomer.
Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industry during the pivotal decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Warren Davis, the creator of the groundbreaking Q*bert, worked as a member of the creative teams who developed some of the most popular video games of all time, including Joust 2, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Revolution X.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781595801050
- ISBN: 1595801057
- Physical Description: 264 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Santa Monica : Santa Monica Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword by Ed Boon -- Introduction -- The shaping of a young mind -- Entering wonderland -- The cubes game -- A noser is born -- Us vs. them --0 Gottlieb's demise -- Williams and the dawn of digitization -- The premier years -- Return to Williams -- Last days in the funhouse -- Loose ends -- Afterword by John Newcomer -- Acknowledgments. |
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Subject: | Davis, Warren B., 1956- Video game designers > Biography. Computer programmers > Biography. Video games > Design > History. Q*bert (Game) Video games > History. Video games. |
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Allentown Public Library | 794.8 DAVI (Text) | 34455006873158 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 794.8 (Text) | 33062009544892 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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