Titlebook: Retrogame Archeology; Exploring Old Comput John Aycock Book 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Computer games.Computer

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Obfuscation and Optimization,Protecting code naturally overlaps with code optimizations, as heavily-optimized code may be indistinguishable from obfuscated code. Some games owed their existence to extensive code optimizations: it was the only way they were possible on such constrained platforms.

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Endgame,This final chapter provides an opportunity to place retrogame archeology in a more general context of historical and game studies work, and also a chance to reiterate the main ideas that are relevant to modern programmers.

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John AycockThe only book of its kind broadly examining retrogame implementation and its modern applications.Real examples widely drawn from over 100 games spanning twenty years and a variety of computing platfor

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Book 2016pers faced incredible challenges of limited space, computing power, rudimentary tools, and the lack of homogeneous environments. .Using examples from over 100 retrogames, this book examines the clever implementation tricks that game designers employed to make their creations possible, documenting th

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John Aycockhnological evolution. In addition, strategies on how to overcome the technological challenges for achieving that vision are also outlined..978-94-007-3440-1978-94-007-0107-6Series ISSN 1860-4862 Series E-ISSN 1860-4870

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