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Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games

Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games

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Availability:In StockContributor:Warren Davis, Ed Boon (Foreword by), John Newcomer (Afterword by)Publish date:2022-01-11Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Santa Monica PressISBN-13:9781595801050ISBN-10:1595801057UPC:9781595801050Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Games & Activities, ComputersBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Video & Mobile, ProgrammingBook Topic:GamesSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCRM7PA9G7

Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games

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.

In a witty and...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Santa Monica PressISBN-13:9781595801050ISBN-10:1595801057UPC:9781595801050Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Games & Activities, ComputersBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Video & Mobile, ProgrammingBook Topic:GamesSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCRM7PA9G7

Warren Davis' career in the video game industry spans three decades. He began in 1982 working for Gottlieb where his first game was the hugely successful arcade classic, Q*bert. He followed that with a laserdisc game, Us vs. Them. In the mid-80s, while working at Williams, he co-programmed Joust 2 and helped develop the system that became NARC. Davis was also part of the team that created...

Publisher: Santa Monica Press

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