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Title: The Minds Behind Adventure Games : Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers
Description: Featuring interviews with the creators of 31 popular video games--including Grand Theft Auto, Strider, Maximum Carnage and Pitfall--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the origins of some of the most enjoyable and iconic adventure games of all time. Interviewees recount the endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers, the growth of the adventure genre, and reveal the creative processes that produced some of the industry's biggest hits, cult classics and indie successes.
Authors: Patrick Hickey, Jr
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Video games, Video games--Design, Video game designers--Interviews
Categories: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile
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