Tempest geometries of play
Atari's 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a “tube shooter” built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of the first commercial titles to allow players to choose the game's initial play difficul...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Landmark video games
Digitalculturebooks |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423011306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; One: Reading Tempest; Two: A Genealogy of Tempest; Three: Contexts; Four: Life after Tempest; Five: Conclusion; Appendixes; Appendix A: Relevant Software and Hardware Companies Created between 1979 and 1982; Appendix B: Arcade Machines Released between 1979 and 1982; Notes; Works Cited; Index
