Download or read book Onimusha Warlords written by Mario De Govia and published by Prima Games. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed 3-D Maps Complete game walkthrough Hardcore game secrets Solutions to all puzzles Locations of all powerful gems Thorough descriptions of all fighting moves and weapons Essential tactics for all boss battles Sealed secrects section
Download or read book Onimusha written by Dan Birlew and published by Bradygames. This book was released on 2001 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BradyGAMES Onimusha Official Strategy Guide is the perfect companion to the newest game from Capcom Entertainment. Set in 1560 during the age of the Civil War in Japan, gamers take on the role of a samurai warrior who boldly volunteers to rescue a kidnapped princess trapped in the rival clan's castle. Onimusha boasts motion picture quality, highly detailed 3D rendered backgrounds, realistic emotion and character animations, and a dramatic storyline. Onimushu also introduces a unique weapon system that will allow players to add elemental effects to their weapon strikes, including fire, thunder and wind!
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
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Download or read book Onimusha 2 written by Dan Birlew and published by Bradygames. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BradyGames' Onimusha 2: Warlords Official Strategy Guideprovides an exhaustive walkthrough, with beautifully rendered maps that cover every aspect of the adventure. The comprehensive Scenario Route Chart will help gamers complete the entire game, while game secrets will allow them to unlock bonus costumes and the mystery behind the Puzzle Phantom Realm. In addition, gamers will successfully finish the sub-characters' side quests, with complete coverage of Kotaro, Magoichi, and Ekei's quests. All details are revealed on the Man in Black mini-game, while in-depth coverage of the Gift Exchange feature provides methods for item trading and alliances. This Signature Seriesguide features a special cover treatment, a Team Oni tear-out booklet and exclusive Onimusha 2 wall scroll--all in one, an interview with the game's director, Keiji Inafune, and more!
Download or read book 50 Years of Boss Fights written by Daryl Baxter and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Years of Boss Fights celebrates a fading art in modern games. Author Daryl Baxter has written about 51 bosses that have made the greatest impact, ever since the first boss debuted in 1974. Full of interviews and insights from the developers who helped made the bosses as memorable as they are, includes those who have worked on Mario 64, DOOM, Bioshock, Star Wars, Half Life and many more. Some explained how they came to be, what was scrapped, and, ultimately, if they were happy with them, looking back. The book goes into detail about the first ever boss from the start, called the Golden Dragon in dnd, which first debuted in 1974. Heralded as the first ever boss in a video game, Daryl spoke to its creators about how it came to be, and how they feel about creating a standard in games. The book sheds light on what was scrapped in other bosses, and how some bosses were so illegal, they had to be updated in rapid fashion to avoid a potential lawsuit. Full of photos that showcase how the bosses work and how to beat them, it’s a 50-year record of the best, the most challenging, and the most memorable that you may or may not have beaten so far. It’s 70,000 words that celebrate the past 50 years of bosses, while giving insight by the developers who helped make them possible.
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Download or read book Silent Hill written by Bernard Perron and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the whole series. Silent Hill, with its first title released in 1999, is one of the most influential of the horror video game series. Perron situates the games within the survival horror genre, both by looking at the history of the genre and by comparing Silent Hill with such important forerunners as Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil. Taking a transmedia approach and underlining the designer's cinematic and literary influences, he uses the narrative structure; the techniques of imagery, sound, and music employed; the game mechanics; and the fiction, artifact, and gameplay emotions elicited by the games to explore the specific fears survival horror games are designed to provoke and how the experience as a whole has made the Silent Hill series one of the major landmarks of video game history.
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Download or read book The Ultimate History of Video Games Volume 2 written by Steven L. Kent and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games’ explosion into the twenty-first century and the war for industry power “A zippy read through a truly deep research job. You won’t want to put this one down.”—Eddie Adlum, publisher, RePlay Magazine As video games evolve, only the fittest companies survive. Making a blockbuster once cost millions of dollars; now it can cost hundreds of millions, but with a $160 billion market worldwide, the biggest players are willing to bet the bank. Steven L. Kent has been playing video games since Pong and writing about the industry since the Nintendo Entertainment System. In volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games, he chronicled the industry’s first thirty years. In volume 2, he narrates gaming’s entrance into the twenty-first century, as Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft battle to capture the global market. The home console boom of the ’90s turned hobby companies like Nintendo and Sega into Hollywood-studio-sized business titans. But by the end of the decade, they would face new, more powerful competitors. In boardrooms on both sides of the Pacific, engineers and executives began, with enormous budgets and total secrecy, to plan the next evolution of home consoles. The PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Sega Dreamcast all made radically different bets on what gamers would want. And then, to the shock of the world, Bill Gates announced the development of the one console to beat them all—even if Microsoft had to burn a few billion dollars to do it. In this book, you will learn about • the cutthroat environment at Microsoft as rival teams created console systems • the day the head of Sega of America told the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog to “f**k off” • how “lateral thinking with withered technology” put Nintendo back on top • and much more! Gripping and comprehensive, The Ultimate History of Video Games: Volume 2 explores the origins of modern consoles and of the franchises—from Grand Theft Auto and Halo to Call of Duty and Guitar Hero—that would define gaming in the new millennium.
Download or read book The Ultimate History of Video Games Volume 1 written by Steven L. Kent and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive behind-the-scenes history of the dawn of video games and their rise into a multibillion-dollar business “For industry insiders and game players alike, this book is a must-have.”—Mark Turmell, designer for Midway Games and creator of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, and WrestleMania With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade, volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. Starting in arcades then moving to televisions and handheld devices, the video game invasion has entranced kids and the young at heart for nearly fifty years. And gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning. The Ultimate History: Volume 1 tells the incredible tale of how this backroom novelty transformed into a cultural phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with hundreds of industry luminaries, Kent chronicles firsthand accounts of how yesterday’s games like Space Invaders, Centipede, and Pac-Man helped create an arcade culture that defined a generation, and how today’s empires like Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have galvanized a multibillion-dollar industry and a new generation of games. Inside, you’ll discover • the video game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy • the serendipitous story of Pac-Man’s design • the misstep that helped topple Atari’s $2-billion-a-year empire • the coin shortage caused by Space Invaders • the fascinating reasons behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of Sega • and much more! Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this book is a must-have for anyone who’s ever touched a joystick.
Download or read book Itchy Tasty written by Alex Aniel and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Capcom’s horror video game series Resident Evil – one of the most popular, innovative and widely influential franchises of all time. Industry expert Alex Aniel spent two years interviewing key former members of Capcom staff, allowing him to tell the inside story of how Resident Evil was envisioned as early as the late 1980s, how its unexpected and unprecedented success saved the company from financial trouble, how the series struggled at the turn of the century and, eventually, how a new generation of creators was born after the release of Resident Evil 4. Itchy, Tasty narrates the development of each Resident Evil game released between 1996 and 2006, interspersed with fascinating commentary from the game creators themselves, offering unique insight into how the series became the world-conquering franchise it is today.
Download or read book The Secrets of Play Station 2 written by Michele Davis and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been called "the future of entertainment" -- an electronic system that combines the best of gaming with web and DVD-playing capabilities. Released in Japan in March 2000, the Playstation2 has already sold more than two million units, with projected sales of ten million units worldwide by March 2001. In *The Secrets of the Playstation2,* you'll learn from a gaming industry insider about the hottest system ever released -- its capabilities, its software, the types of games being developed to best take advantage of its graphics engine. Plus you'll profit from knowledge of the early experiences of Japanese fans of this machine and learn how to get the most out of the system before you buy it.
Download or read book The World of Scary Video Games written by Bernard Perron and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As for film and literature, the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as “survival horror” as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror, terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre, outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It studies the most important games and game series, from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992- ), Resident Evil (1996-present), Silent Hill (1999-present), Fatal Frame (2001-present), Dead Space (2008-2013), Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010), and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written, The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game.
Download or read book Horror Film written by Steffen Hantke and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the rise of the horror film and on how moviemakers package and promote fright
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Videogaming written by Kate Berens and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Videogamers will find all they need to know in this collection of reviews of the top 150 games. Includes a roundup of monthly magazines and e-zines and Web site contact information for all hardware manufacturers, game developers, and publishers mentioned in the guide. Screen shots.
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