Retrogame Archeology Exploring Old Computer Games /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aycock, John (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Computer programming.
Computers-History.
Mass media.
Multimedia systems.
Programming Techniques.
History of Computing.
Media Sociology.
Multimedia Information Systems.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Memory Management
  • Slow, Wildly Incompatible I/O
  • Interpreters
  • Data Compression
  • Procedural Content Generation
  • Protection
  • Obfuscation and Optimization
  • Endgame.

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