Great books on classic video games

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

Not sure what's in them because I can't find their Table of Contents, but if you're looking for other great books on specific games: 1. Masters of Doom 2. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book

Thanks for the tips. Some of the books have links to the Amazon Kindle store and have previews which sometimes include ToCs.

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Post by smoldesu » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I love the O'Reily design cues here, particularly the vague cover art and uniform cover elements. Had I not known this was a website, I probably would have killed to have a book titled "Super Mario Bros 3" with a racoon on the cover, but now I can just spend $15.

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Post by MaxBarraclough » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

Not sure what's in them because I can't find their Table of Contents, but if you're looking for other great books on specific games: 1. Masters of Doom 2. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book

I haven't read it, but Racing the Beam also seems well regarded.

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/racing-beam

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Post by salamandersauce » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #6

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

Not sure what's in them because I can't find their Table of Contents, but if you're looking for other great books on specific games: 1. Masters of Doom 2. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book

I haven't read it, but Racing the Beam also seems well regarded. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/racing-beam

Racing the beam is very good. Been a while since I read it though but I really enjoyed it at the time.

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Post by sharken » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:26 PM UTC

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

Not sure what's in them because I can't find their Table of Contents, but if you're looking for other great books on specific games: 1. Masters of Doom 2. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book

The Making of Prince of Persia and Karateka books by Jordan Mechner are also very good.

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Post by hnal943 » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

I recommend They Create Worlds for a comprehensive view of the early industry. Great insights into the causes of the twin crashes of consoles and arcades in the early 80's

https://theycreateworlds.com/

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Post by ekianjo » Sun, May 16, 2021, 3:38 PM UTC

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

Not sure what's in them because I can't find their Table of Contents, but if you're looking for other great books on specific games: 1. Masters of Doom 2. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book

Sid Meier's Memoir, too.