This fantastically popular full-color strategy guide to Sega Genesis games has been revised and updated to include the hottest new games of the season. Over 100 games are covered. Fifty games are covered in eye-popping two-page spreads that walk readers through the hardest levels; plus crucial tips for 50 more games. Includes secret power-ups, passwords, and shortcuts.
Discusses the rules and background of twelve games, including Atomic Runner, Ex-Mutants, Krusty's Fun House, Smash TV, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Taz-Mania, and Warsong.
The editors of GamePro have compiled yet another hit volume of tips and tricks including the newest of the new Sega Genesis titles. Expert advice is offered from the people who write about these games each month in the pages of GamePro. Thousands of tips, cheats, and tricks to the most popular games; including Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Flashback, and much more.
Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming. Every Game Boy must ponder his roots from time to time. But whatever is driving the current retro gaming craze, one thing is certain: classic games are back for a big second act, and they're being played in both old and new ways. Whether you've just been attacked by Space Invaders for the first time or you've been a Pong junkie since puberty, Chris Kohler's Retro Gaming Hacks is the indispensable new guide to playing and hacking classic games. Kohler has complied tons of how-to information on retro gaming that used to take days or weeks of web surfing to track down and sort through, and he presents it in the popular and highly readable Hacks style. Retro Gaming Hacks serves up 85 hard-nosed hacks for reviving the classic games. Want to game on an original system? Kohler shows you how to hack ancient hardware, and includes a primer for home-brewing classic software. Rather adapt today's equipment to run retro games? Kohler provides emulation techniques, complete with instructions for hacking a classic joystick that's compatible with a contemporary computer. This book also teaches readers to revive old machines for the original gaming experience: hook up an Apple II or a Commodore 64, for example, and play it like you played before. A video game journalist and author of Power Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life, Kohler has taught the history of video games at Tufts University. In Retro Gaming Hacks, he locates the convergence of classic games and contemporary software, revealing not only how to retrofit classic games for today's systems, but how to find the golden oldies hidden in contemporary programs as well. Whether you're looking to recreate the magic of a Robotron marathon or simply crave a little handheld Donkey Kong, Retro Gaming Hacks shows you how to set the way-back dial.
The ultimate realistic game of survival in space. Breathtaking cinematic graphics and animations combine with solid information based on NASA research to create an amazingly realistic simulation of survival in outer space. For afficionados of Sim City and Civilization, this game has all the marks of a classic.
Tie-Fighter, the sequel to LucasArts' wildly successful X-Wing, is based on the classic Star Wars series. Improved effects and an enhanced storyline could make this an even bigger seller than X-Wing. Features original Star Wars fiction, strategies, secrets, and hundreds of illustrations--including game graphics and stills from the movies.
Those aren?t Tonka Trucks, and this ain?t no sandbox. When nuclear holocaust is at stake, you?ll do what it takes to clear the quickest path. Destruction & Demolition . . . No problem. Tips & Strategies . . . We?ve got ?em! Inside you?ll find: - Operating tips for every piece of equipment at your disposal - Exclusive maps for the main levels - Gold-medal strategies for every main and bonus level - All buildings, satellite dishes, vehicles, and scientists revealed - And much more! This game is one delicious, vicious circle-- no sooner do you save the Earth than you have to blast off for the Moon and other planets. Avoid the Big Bang with "Blast Corps Unauthorized Game Secrets"! About the Author Anthony James is the author of "Twisted Metal 2 Unauthorized Game Secrets, Vandal Hearts Unauthorized Secrets and Solutions," and "Deception Unauthorized Game Secrets" (all from Prima).