A Selective History of 'Bad' Video Games - Unfulfilled Potential, Interesting Mistakes and Downright Clunkers (Hardcover)

Did you grow up playing video games when you had to wait online to get them? Do you remember the bad, weird, or otherwise underrated video games of your youth? Did you like a few of them more than your friends did? A Selective History of Bad' Video Games will walk you down memory lane and perform unholy excavations of games you remember, games you've forgotten, and games you never knew you wanted to read about during your lunch break. From a seemingly nude Atari 2600 karate referee to a basketball star doing martial arts to a tiger that speaks broken English and walks through walls, the book will try to uncover what the developers were thinking and occasionally succeed. While there's been some recent coverage of the most famously bad video game E.T. this book starts there and continues on to 40 other curiously (or unsurprisingly) unsuccessful video games during the first few decades of the industry's lifespan. Written by a modern day video game developer, the book explores why these games failed, whether or not they truly deserved it, and what could have made them better. The covered games include screen shots that capture awkward moments, irreverent captions, and pages of tongue-in-cheek psychoanalysis.

General

Imprint:	White Owl Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Michael Greenhut
Dimensions:	297 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-399-01617-9
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General Promotions
LSN:	1-399-01617-2
Barcode:	9781399016179

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