Dungeon Hacks How Nethack, Angband, Other Rougelikes Changed Course of Video Games

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about videogame development and culture, including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series, Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room, and fiction for young adults including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter.

Zusammenfassung

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David L. Craddock
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2021
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV > Informatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9781032052403
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205240-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 154
• Themen: COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, Atari ST, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, Colossal Cave Adventure, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation, DnD, Super Mario World, Procedural Content Generation, Computational Creativity, Roguelike, artificial intelligence research, computer game history, Apple II, IBM Research, Circuitous, IBM PC., history of procedural game development, algorithmic dungeon design, interactive fiction studies, UC Campus, High Graphic Content, Lesser General Public License, Ancient Domains, BSD Unix, UNIX Operating System, System Crashed, PC Version, Apple Ii Computer, Solid Gray Bars, Don Worth, AI Lab, Random Resources, FTL., Roguelike Games, VIC-20 Version