Featuring interviews with the creators of 35 popular video games--including John Madden Football, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, WCW/nWo Revenge, and RBI Baseball--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of some of the most influential and iconic (and sometimes forgotten) sports video games of all time. Recounting endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers and the uncertainties of public reception, the interviewees reveal the creative processes that produced some of gaming's classic titles.
Featuring interviews with the creators of 35 popular video games--including John Madden Football, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, WCW/nWo Revenge, and RBI Baseball--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of some of the most influential and iconic (and sometimes forgotten) sports video games of all time. Recounting endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers and the uncertainties of public reception, the interviewees reveal the creative processes that produced some of gaming's classic titles.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past decade, his video game coverage has been featured in national ad campaigns by Nintendo, Disney and EA Sports.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael Brook Preface Introduction Aaron Cammarata, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3: Simply the Best, Better Than All the Rest John Salwitz, Rob Rowe and Don Traeger, 720: Build It and They Will Come Don Goddard, Transworld Surf: Third Time's a Charm Pascal Sahuc and Nick Doran, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer: Making Waves Martin Edmondson, Destruction Derby: Have Your Cake and Break Stuff, Toö Jon Spencer, SSX: Big Delays, Big Thrills Mark McArthur, Links 2004: Xbox's Hole in One Stephen Chaplin, Virtual Pool: Calling All the Shots Alan O'Brien, Ten Pin Alley: A Turkey for Its Time Benjamin Johnson, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis: The Little Experimental Project That Could Sanders Keel, Pride FC: Fighting Championships: A Sleeper Tap-Out Loren Lemcke, Super Blood Hockey: An Indie Hip-Check Craig Broadbooks, NHL FaceOff '98: You're Beautiful, It's True Michael Mendheim and Sam Nelson, Mutant League Hockey: When Glenda Shaved the Ice Clint Forward, NHL 2K: Sega's Black Box Special Mark Flitman, WWF Royal Rumble: The Original Six-Pack Wrestling Challenge Mark Flitman, WWE RAW: From Royal to Mega Justin W. Withers, Showdown: Legends of Wrestling: A Semi-Charmed Kind of Life Sanders Keel, WCW/nWo Revenge: Just Too Sweet, 4-Life Michael Rubinelli, Toughman Contest: Butterbean's Brawling Bonanza Dan Kitchen, Boxing Fever: A Forgotten First-Person Knockout Chris Razmovski, Boxing Champs: An Uppercut from Mobile Phones to Mobile Consoles Kevin Sheller, NBA Inside Drive 2000: Codename Rock Jules Burt and Perry Rodgers, NBA ShootOut: A "Total" NBA Experience¿ Michael Brook, NBA Action '95: Air Brook-Ziomkowski Ready for Takeoff Don Traeger and Carl Mey, Lakers Versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs: Exchangeable Heads and the Birth of EA Sports Mark Flitman, MLB Slugfest 20-03: No Arcade? No Problem Eddie Dombrower, Earl Weaver Baseball: EA's First Triple Play Peter Lipson, RBI Baseball: The Silicon Valley Survivors Jules Burt, FIFA International Soccer: From the Beach to the Pitch John Salwitz, Cyberball: The Lost Summer and Atari's Explosive Gridiron Experience Mark Flitman, NFL Blitz 20-02: It's Too Late Baby, But Still Damn Good Michael Brook, NFL '95: Jay's Fridge Strikes Back Cam Weber, NCAA Football 2014: Goodnight EA's Football Prince Michael Brook and Don Traeger, John Madden Football: How EA Got in the Game Conclusion Afterword by Sanders Keel Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael Brook Preface Introduction Aaron Cammarata, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3: Simply the Best, Better Than All the Rest John Salwitz, Rob Rowe and Don Traeger, 720: Build It and They Will Come Don Goddard, Transworld Surf: Third Time's a Charm Pascal Sahuc and Nick Doran, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer: Making Waves Martin Edmondson, Destruction Derby: Have Your Cake and Break Stuff, Toö Jon Spencer, SSX: Big Delays, Big Thrills Mark McArthur, Links 2004: Xbox's Hole in One Stephen Chaplin, Virtual Pool: Calling All the Shots Alan O'Brien, Ten Pin Alley: A Turkey for Its Time Benjamin Johnson, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis: The Little Experimental Project That Could Sanders Keel, Pride FC: Fighting Championships: A Sleeper Tap-Out Loren Lemcke, Super Blood Hockey: An Indie Hip-Check Craig Broadbooks, NHL FaceOff '98: You're Beautiful, It's True Michael Mendheim and Sam Nelson, Mutant League Hockey: When Glenda Shaved the Ice Clint Forward, NHL 2K: Sega's Black Box Special Mark Flitman, WWF Royal Rumble: The Original Six-Pack Wrestling Challenge Mark Flitman, WWE RAW: From Royal to Mega Justin W. Withers, Showdown: Legends of Wrestling: A Semi-Charmed Kind of Life Sanders Keel, WCW/nWo Revenge: Just Too Sweet, 4-Life Michael Rubinelli, Toughman Contest: Butterbean's Brawling Bonanza Dan Kitchen, Boxing Fever: A Forgotten First-Person Knockout Chris Razmovski, Boxing Champs: An Uppercut from Mobile Phones to Mobile Consoles Kevin Sheller, NBA Inside Drive 2000: Codename Rock Jules Burt and Perry Rodgers, NBA ShootOut: A "Total" NBA Experience¿ Michael Brook, NBA Action '95: Air Brook-Ziomkowski Ready for Takeoff Don Traeger and Carl Mey, Lakers Versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs: Exchangeable Heads and the Birth of EA Sports Mark Flitman, MLB Slugfest 20-03: No Arcade? No Problem Eddie Dombrower, Earl Weaver Baseball: EA's First Triple Play Peter Lipson, RBI Baseball: The Silicon Valley Survivors Jules Burt, FIFA International Soccer: From the Beach to the Pitch John Salwitz, Cyberball: The Lost Summer and Atari's Explosive Gridiron Experience Mark Flitman, NFL Blitz 20-02: It's Too Late Baby, But Still Damn Good Michael Brook, NFL '95: Jay's Fridge Strikes Back Cam Weber, NCAA Football 2014: Goodnight EA's Football Prince Michael Brook and Don Traeger, John Madden Football: How EA Got in the Game Conclusion Afterword by Sanders Keel Index
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