Retro Gaming Hacks
Subtitle: Tips & Tools for Playing the Classics
By: Chris Kohler.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Beijing; Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Video games; Video games -- Equipment and supplies
Other titles: Retro gaming hacks tips & tools for playing the classics
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: Foreword
title: ix; label: Credits
title: xiii; label: Preface
title: xix; label: Chapter 1. Playing Retro Games
title: 1; label: 1. Buy Retro Games
title: 1; label: 2. Collect Original "Pong" Systems
title: 6; label: 3. Buy and Run an Atari 2600
title: 8; label: 4. Buy and Run Later Classic Consoles
title: 13; label: 5. Play with Power: Set Up an NES
title: 18; label: 6. Make Your NES Work Like New
title: 21; label: 7. Take Your NES Games on the Go
title: 25; label: 8. Buy a Famicom from Japan
title: 28; label: 9. Buy Retro Games from Japan
title: 33; label: 10. Find, Fix, Play, and Emulate the Vectrex
title: 37; label: 11. Collect Classic Handhelds
title: 40; label: 12. Buy Your Own Arcade Hardware
title: 43; label: 13. Find the Holy Grails
title: 47; label: 14. Find Classic Games for Cheap
title: 51; label: Chapter 2. Playing Neo-Retro Games
title: 54; label: 15. Play Retro Games in All-in-One joysticks
title: 54; label: 16. Play Retro Games on Current Consoles
title: 64; label: 17. Play Retro Games on Older Systems
title: 70; label: 18. Play Contemporary Classics
title: 74; label: 19. Find and Play Hidden Classics
title: 79; label: Chapter 3. Playing Arcade Games on Your Computer
title: 84; label: 20. Play Arcade Games Under Windows
title: 84; label: 21. Run Arcade Games on a Mac
title: 91; label: 22. Play Arcade Games Under Linux
title: 96; label: 23. Run MAME on the Xbox
title: 105; label: 24. Find Legal, Free MAME ROMs
title: 108; label: 25. Buy Legal MAME ROMs
title: 111; label: 26. Care for Your ROMs
title: 113; label: 27. Buy or Make Classic MAME Controllers
title: 116; label: 28. Add Sound to Your MAME Experience
title: 120; label: 29. Add Cabinet Art to MAME
title: 123; label: 30. Build a MAME Cabinet
title: 126; label: 31. Make a Self-Booting MAME Disc
title: 131; label: 32. Play MAME Anywhere
title: 133; label: Chapter 4. Playing Classic Console Games
title: 137; label: 33. Emulate the Earliest Game Systems
title: 137; label: 34. Emulate the Atari 2600
title: 142; label: 35. Emulate the Intellivision
title: 147; label: 36. Emulate the Colecovision
title: 150; label: 37. Emulate the Atari 7800
title: 154; label: 38. Emulate the Nintendo Entertainment System on a PC
title: 158; label: 39. Run NES Emulators on the Mac
title: 165; label: 40. Run NES Emulators Under Linux
title: 168; label: 41. Emulate 16-Bit Systems in Windows
title: 175; label: 42. Emulate Other Classic Systems on the Mac
title: 180; label: 43. Emulate Other Classic Systems in Linux
title: 183; label: 44. Emulate the Game Boy on Your PC
title: 193; label: 45. Play Games on a Smartphone or PDA
title: 197; label: 46. Play Homebrews on Your GBA
title: 207; label: 47. Play Classic Systems on the GBA
title: 210; label: 48. Emulate Other Classic Portables
title: 215; label: 49. Retro-Hack the GP32
title: 221; label: 50. Retro-Hack the Dreamcast
title: 224; label: 51. Use Console Controllers on your PC
title: 228; label: 52. Use USB Gamepads Under Linux
title: 236; label: Chapter 5. Playing with Early Personal Computers
title: 241; label: 53. Run the Apple ][
title: 241; label: 54. Trick Out Your Apple ][
title: 245; label: 55. Emulate the Apple ][
title: 248; label: 56. Become an Apple Guru
title: 253; label: 57. Run a Commodore 64
title: 257; label: 58. Emulate the Commodore 64
title: 262; label: 59. Emulate Other Classic Computers
title: 267; label: 60. Type in Classic Computer Games
title: 277; label: 61. Find Classic Computer Games
title: 283; label: 62. Emulate Classic Computers on the Dreamcast
title: 285; label: Chapter 6. Playing with Text Adventures
title: 290; label: 63. Play Interactive Fiction in One Minute
title: 290; label: 64. Download and Play Text Adventures
title: 295; label: 65. Play the Best: Infocom Adventures
title: 298; label: 66. Get Covered in MUDs
title: 305; label: 67. Write Text Adventures with INFORM
title: 311; label: Chapter 7. Playing with DOS
title: 321; label: 68. Run DOS Without Microsoft
title: 321; label: 69. Run DOS Games
title: 327; label: 70. Rediscover Classic DOS Games
title: 337; label: 71. Write a DOS Game
title: 341; label: Chapter 8. Playing at Game Design
title: 349; label: 72. Design Games with ZZT
title: 349; label: 73. Use Freeware Game Creation Tools
title: 358; label: 74. Design Web-based Flash Games
title: 363; label: 75. Create Your Own Atari 2600 Homebrew Games
title: 374; label: 76. Program for the Game Boy Advance
title: 379; label: 77. Add Tiles and Sprites to Your GBA Game
title: 390; label: 78. Put Your Homebrews on Cartridges
title: 400; label: 79. Create Packaging for Homebrew Games
title: 406; label: 80. Create Your Own Adventure Game
title: 413; label: Chapter 9. Playing Around with Other Neat Stuff
title: 420; label: 81. Learn the Patterns of Pac-Man
title: 420; label: 82. Show Off with Super Mario
title: 424; label: 83. Hack the Leisure Suit Larry Games
title: 430; label: 84. Play Retro Versions of Modern Games
title: 437; label: 85. Remix Your Retro Sounds
title: 441; label: Index
title: 445