Retrogame Archeology Exploring Old Computer Games /

• Main Author: Aycock, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer programming.; Multimedia information systems.; Computers.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Computer Science.; Programming Techniques.; History of Computing.; Media Research.; Multimedia Information Systems.

Drawing on extensive research, this book explores the techniques that old computer games used to run on tightly-constrained platforms. Retrogame developers faced incredible challenges of limited space, computing power, rudimentary tools, and the lack of homogeneous environments. Using examples from...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Memory Management
• Slow, Wildly Incompatible I/O
• Interpreters
• Data Compression
• Procedural Content Generation
• Protection
• Obfuscation and Optimization
• Endgame.