Grand thieves & tomb raiders
Subtitle: how British video games conquered the world
By: by Magnus Anderson and Rebecca Levene
Contributors: Levene, Rebecca
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781845137045
Subjects: Video games industry; History
Other titles: Grand thieves and tomb raiders
Description: 'Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders' tells the amazing secret history of British video games. It's a story of local talent bursting onto the international stage, and of a generation of brilliant bedroom programmers whose creations swept them to unimagined riches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Emerging from the MUD; title: 2. BASIC Differences; title: 3. We bought It to help with your homework; title: 4. Pro-Am games; title: 5. Brave new worlds; title: 6. Technical failures; title: 7. Wandering creatures; title: 8. How to crack the console market; title: 9. Lost properties; title: 10. Lara; title: 11. Hit and run; title: 12. Small victories.