Ready [electronic resource] : a Commodore 64 retrospective / Roberto Dillon.
Dillon, Roberto.
2015
QA76.8.C66
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Title Ready [electronic resource] : a Commodore 64 retrospective / Roberto Dillon.
Author Dillon, Roberto.
ISBN 9789812873415 electronic book
9812873414 electronic book
9789812873408
9812873406
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-341-5
Published Singapore: Springer, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-287-341-5 doi
Call Number QA76.8.C66
Dewey Decimal Classification 004.165
Summary How did the Commodore 64 conquer the hearts of millions and become a platform people still actively develop for even today? What made it so special? This book will appeal to both those who like tinkering with old technology as a hobby and nostalgic readers who simply want to enjoy a trip down memory lane. It discusses in a concise but rigorous format the different areas of home gaming and personal computing where the C64 managed to innovate and push forward existing boundaries. Starting from Jack Tramiel's vision of designing computers "for the masses, not the classes," the book introduces the 6510, VIC-II and SID chips that made the C64 unique. It briefly discusses its Basic programming language and then proceeds to illustrate not only many of the games that are still so fondly remembered but also the first generation of game engines that made game development more approachable ? among other topics that are often neglected but are necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of how far reaching the C64 influence was. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, readers will relive the dawn of modern technology and gain a better understanding of the legacy that was built, bit by bit, in those pioneering days by computers that had only a tiny fraction of the power modern machines have and, yet, were used to create the technological world we are now living in. With a foreword by Michael Tomczyk
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 9, 2014).
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