Retro Games

What do the names "Tim Sweeney" and "Epic Megagames" mean to you? For most people reading this book, they probably conjure up images of Unreal Tournament. Not so for me. When I hear those names, I instantly flash back to 1993. It's seventh grade, a...

So you want to make your own video game, but you don't have any programming or artistic skills? Hey, there's nothing wrong with thatyou don't have to be a math nerd or expert painter to come up with a good game design. You just need imagination. But ...

If you're looking to expose your games to as many people as possible, Macromedia's Flash is one of those rare cross-platform tools whose reach extends as far as the eye can see. You need a Gamecube to play Smash Bros. You need an Xbox to play Halo. Y...

Even though the Atari 2600 is one of the oldest game consoles around, it has a vibrant homebrew scene. These coders produce a remarkable amount of new material, with everything from RPGs to bizarre puzzle games up to altered updatings of classics. Be...

What budding game programmer doesn't fantasize about seeing one of his own creations on a console or portable gaming device? Thanks to extensive game development communities and the efforts of independent programmers, this fantasy is no longer such a...

Writing directly to the video buffer with bitmapped video modes on the Game Boy Advance [Hack #76] is all well and good, but uses a lot of memory and can be slow if you want to try any sort of complicated animation. The reason game consoles and porta...

So you've developed your own homebrew game for the Atari 2600 [Hack #75] or maybe another classic system. You've probably spent a significant amount time developing your game by using an emulator. Frankly, though, nothing beats the sight and sound of...

Many of the people that purchase homebrew games are just as much collectors as they are gamers. For a collector, the nostalgic feeling of opening a brand new game title is a tremendous rush. If you've invested the time to create a homebrew game that ...

Hey, remember point-and-click adventure games? I sure as heck do. Classic series like Sierra's King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry, and of course LucasArts' Monkey Island and Sam and Max, were the reason I counted myself among the PC gamers in the ni...