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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.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
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
About the author
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.
Summary
Featuring interviews with the creators of 35 popular video games, 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.
