Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents Nes Cult Classics

Author : Kurt Kalata,Michael Plasket,Paul Brownlee,K. McDonald,Federico Tiraboschi,Apollo Chungus,Adrian Sandoval,Dylan Cornelius,Garrett Greenwood,Jonathan Kaharl,Hugo Provost,Neil Foster,Audun Sorlie,Chris Rasa,Jeremy Signor,Bruno de Figueiredo,Robert Greene,Robert Fenner,John Sczepaniak,Michael Ayala,Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1718757093

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: NES Cult Classics by Kurt Kalata,Michael Plasket,Paul Brownlee,K. McDonald,Federico Tiraboschi,Apollo Chungus,Adrian Sandoval,Dylan Cornelius,Garrett Greenwood,Jonathan Kaharl,Hugo Provost,Neil Foster,Audun Sorlie,Chris Rasa,Jeremy Signor,Bruno de Figueiredo,Robert Greene,Robert Fenner,John Sczepaniak,Michael Ayala,Mat Bradley-Tschirgi Pdf

Whenever anyone thinks of the best developers on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the most popular are typically Konami, Capcom, and, of course, Nintendo themselves. But what of the numerous other developers, the ones that put out games you may have read about in Nintendo Power or have vague recollections of renting on some Saturday afternoon? This book covers many of those titles, from developers like Sunsoft (Blaster Master, Journey to Silius), Natsume (Shadow of the Ninja, Shatterhand), KID (Low-G-Man, KickMaster), Irem (Holy Diver, Metal Storm), Atlus (Rockin' Kats, Xexyz), and many others. Also included are reviews of several notable Japan-only Famicom games, including Layla, Otocky, Moon Crystal, Cocoron, Cosmic Epsilon, and several others, as well as the infamous unreleased title Bio Force Ape! While these all may not be the A-listers of the NES library, this book represents some of the more interesting, offbeat, and lesser discussed titles of the system, and is essential for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of the platform!

Author : Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781783527656

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities by Kurt Kalata Pdf

Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. But not all of them were released outside of the country, especially not in the 1980s and 90s. While a few of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video game community, a huge proportion of this output is unknown beyond Japan (and even, in some cases, within it). Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles – games that are weird, compelling, cool or historically important. The selections represent a large number of genres – platformers, shoot-em-ups, role-playing games, adventure games – across nearly four decades of gaming on arcade, computer and console platforms. Featuring the work of giants like Nintendo, Sega, Namco and Konami alongside that of long-forgotten developers and publishers, even those well versed in Japanese gaming culture are bound to learn something new.

Author : Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computer adventure games
ISBN : 146095579X

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The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures by Kurt Kalata Pdf

Reviews of over 300 graphic adventure games, focusing on games from prominent publishers such as LucasArts, Sierra On-Line, and Legend Entertainment but covering games from independent developers as well. Reviews primarily cover games published 1984-2000. Interviews with game creators/developers Al Lowe, Corey Cole, Bob Bates, and Josh Mandel are included.

Author : Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Video games
ISBN : 1546928316

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents by Kurt Kalata Pdf

Released in 1986, the Famicom Disk System was an attachment for Nintendo's 8-bit console that allowed for cheap distribution of re-writable games. Many famous titles, including both Legend of Zelda titles, Super Mario Bros. 2, Doki Doki Panic, Metroid, and Kid Icarus were originally released for the platform. Due to technical advances, the system was eventually discontinued and was never released outside of Japan. Much of its library remained Japan-only as well, and has been sparsely documented among the English-speaking retro game world. Until now. Brought you to by long-standing retro video game website Hardcore Gaming 101, The Complete Guide to the Famicom Disk System includes reviews of every single title in the Famicom Disk System library - all of the classic Nintendo games (including their unfortunately overlooked adventure games), cult classics by Konami, revolutionary oddities like Otocky, many Zelda clones, numerous tie-ins with late 80s Japanese celebrities, and a large number of subpar licensed games from Bandai. Also includes a look at the many unlicensed titles, a history of the system, and its accessories.

Author : Sam Derboo,Ed Burns,Michael Plasket,Audun Sorlie,Benjamin Alexander,Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798532486348

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: the Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Volume 1 (Morrocco Cover) by Sam Derboo,Ed Burns,Michael Plasket,Audun Sorlie,Benjamin Alexander,Kurt Kalata Pdf

Are you ready for hot-blooded fighting action? Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: The Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Vol. 1 covers the origins of the belt-scrolling brawler with Technos' Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (AKA Renegade) and the world-famous Double Dragon. Also covered are the works of Capcom (Final Fight, Captain Commando, Aliens vs. Predator, Dungeons & Dragons) and Konami (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons, Vendetta) as well as Sega's Streets of Rage series!

Author : Hanenashi Error
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544202814

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Retro Game Super Translation Selection by Hanenashi Error Pdf

Presented by retro video game website Hardcore Gaming 101. Localization is a tricky business, especially due to the myriad of differences between both the English and Japanese languages and cultures. Retro Game Super Translation Selection examines 101 lines of dialogue from classic video games, compares how they were localized, and includes some explanation for the business or cultural reasons surrounding such changes. Originally authored by a professional video game translator, this is a localized version of a doujinshi released at the Game Legend retro game event in late 2016, and features a unique perspective rarely seen in the English speaking world! Also includes four columns by guest writers that compare English and Japanese onomatopoeia, examines different game titles between territories, explains the math behind retro games, and illustrates the many changes made to the Pok�mon Game Boy titles.Covered games include: Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest, Super Mario World, Landstalker, Lunar: The Silver Star, Zero Wing, River City Ransom, Cybernator, Pok�mon, Lufia II, Shadowgate, Shadowrun, Maniac Mansion, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, and many more!NOTE: The paperback edition of this book is in black and white, but the Kindle version uses color images.

Author : Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1482742187

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Castlevania (Color Edition) by Kurt Kalata Pdf

Welcome to the hell house! Presented by the esteemed retro gaming website Hardcore Gaming 101, this book is an UNOFFICIAL and UNAUTHORIZED guide to Konami's video game series that includes 158 pages with full reviews of over thirty Castlevania titles - starting from the 1986 Nintendo original up to the 2014 Lords of Shadow 2 - plus reviews of clone games, soundtracks, books, trivia, and more!

Author : Bitmap Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838019146

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A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games by Bitmap Books Pdf

Author : Steven Poole
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1559705981

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Trigger Happy by Steven Poole Pdf

Examines the history and phenomenal success of video games, and argues that the popular games are on the way to becoming a legitimate art form, much in the same way movies did a century earlier.

Author : Nick Zverloff,Carlo Savorelli,Sam Derboo,Chris Rasa,Jess Ragan,Michael Plasket,John Szczepaniak,H. Clower,Kurt Kalata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798715948656

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: the Guide to Shoot-Em-Ups Volume 2 by Nick Zverloff,Carlo Savorelli,Sam Derboo,Chris Rasa,Jess Ragan,Michael Plasket,John Szczepaniak,H. Clower,Kurt Kalata Pdf

Blast off again and check out the second in HG101's line of books on shoot-em-ups! This volume features the works of Namco (Xevious, Dragon Spirit), Toaplan (Tiger Heli, Truxton, Batsugun), Raizing (Sorcer Striker, Battle Garegga, Terra Diver), and Psikyo (Strikers 1945, Samurai Aces), as well as several other arcade and console shooters like Trouble Shooter / Battlemania, Gaiares, Phalanx, and more!

Author : Beat Suter,Mela Kocher,René Bauer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839443040

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Games and Rules by Beat Suter,Mela Kocher,René Bauer Pdf

Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of »Games and Rules« take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a »Magic Circle«, whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo Fabricatore.

Author : Bernard Perron
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780472051625

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Silent Hill by Bernard Perron Pdf

The second entry in the Landmark Video Games series

Author : Drew Davidson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780557285655

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Cross-Media Communications by Drew Davidson Pdf

This text is an introduction to the future of mass media and mass communications - cross-media communications. Cross-media is explained through the presentation and analysis of contemporary examples and project-based tutorials in cross-media development. The text introduces fundamental terms and concepts, and provides a solid overview of cross-media communications, one that builds from a general introduction to a specific examination of media and genres to a discussion of the concepts involved in designing and developing cross-media communications. There is also an accompanying DVD-ROM full of hands-on exercises that shows how cross-media can be applied. For the DVD-ROM: http: //www.lulu.com/content/817927

Author : A. Jahn-Sudmann,R. Stockmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230583306

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Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon by A. Jahn-Sudmann,R. Stockmann Pdf

Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture.

Author : Matt Barton
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000000924

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Vintage Games 2.0 by Matt Barton Pdf

Super Mario Bros. Doom. Minecraft. It’s hard to imagine what life would be like today without video games, a creative industry that now towers over Hollywood in terms of both financial and cultural impact. The video game industry caters to everyone, with games in every genre for every conceivable electronic device--from dedicated PC gaming rigs and consoles to handhelds, mobile phones, and tablets. Successful games are produced by mega-corporations, independent studios, and even lone developers working with nothing but free tools. Some may still believe that video games are mere diversions for children, but today’s games offer sophisticated and wondrously immersive experiences that no other media can hope to match. Vintage Games 2.0 tells the story of the ultimate storytelling medium, from early examples such as Spacewar! and Pong to the mind blowing console and PC titles of today. Written in a smart and engaging style, this updated 2nd edition is far more than just a survey of the classics. Informed by hundreds of in-depth personal interviews with designers, publishers, marketers, and artists--not to mention the author’s own lifelong experience as a gamer--Vintage Games 2.0 uncovers the remarkable feats of intellectual genius, but also the inspiring personal struggles of the world’s most brilliant and celebrated game designers--figures like Shigeru Miyamoto, Will Wright, and Roberta Williams. Ideal for both beginners and professionals, Vintage Games 2.0 offers an entertaining and inspiring account of video game’s history and meteoric rise from niche market to global phenomenon. Credit for the cover belongs to Thor Thorvaldson.