Gaming Hacks
Simon Carless
- 出版商: O'Reilly
- 售價: $1,080
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,026
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 304
- 裝訂: Paperback
- ISBN: 0596007140
- ISBN-13: 9780596007140
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It doesn't take long for an avid--or just wickedly clever--gamer to be chafed by the limitations of videogame software or hardware. If you want to go far beyond the obvious--whether you want to modify your console controller to work on other consoles, create your own text adventure, or modify your Game Boy--there's an awful lot of fun you can have for cheap or free, using the creative exploits of the gaming gurus. Gaming Hacks is the indispensable guide to cool things gamers can do to create, modify, and hack videogame hardware and software.
Everything from social exploits and tips to be used in MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) to soldering-iron heavy hardware hacks is covered in this extreme-cool hack guide written by gamers for gamers. Gaming Hacks offers a stunning variety of hacks, exploits, and other creative acts on both modern and archaic console hardware and today's PC hardware--one hundred detailed, ingenious hacks are included.
Gaming Hacks also includes detailed software-based looks at MMO (massively multiplayer) titles, FPS (first-person shooter) games, machinima (real-time movies created using game engines), emulation, save-game hacking, and many other miscellaneous subgenres and topics.
Gaming Hacks shows hardcore gamers how to configure the best FPS peripherals, hack the Nuon DVD Player/Gaming System, modify their Game Boy, watch movies and listen to music and their Sega Dreamcast, and much, much more.
Gaming Hacks shows you how to do things you didn't know could be done. If you want more than your average gamer--you want to explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, make your games do what you want them to do Gaming Hacks will show you how. You don't need to be gaming guru to pick up Gaming Hacks; you'll be one when you put it down.
Table of Contents:
Credits
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Playing Classic Games
1. Legal Emulation
2. Play Commodore 64 Games Without the C-64
3. Play Atari ROMs Without the Atari
4. Use Atari Paddles with Your PC
5. Run Homebrew Games on the Atari 2600
6. Create Your Own Atari 2600 Homebrew Games
7. Play Classic PC Graphic Adventures
8. Play Old Games Through DOSBox
9. Play Reissued All-in-One Joystick Games
10. Play Arcade Games Without the Arcade
11. Add and Manipulate a MAME Frontend
12. Keep Your ROMs Tidy and Organized
13. Learn Game-Specific MAME Controls
14. Filter Inappropriate MAME ROMs
15. Autoboot into MAME Heaven
16. Play Emulated Arcade Games Online
17. Play Classic Pinball Without the Table
18. Emulate the SNES on the Dreamcast
Chapter 2. Playing Portably
19. Play Games on Your iPod
20. Mod Your Game Boy
21. Take and Print Photos with Your Game Boy
22. Compose Music on Your Game Boy
23. Explore the GP32 Handheld Gaming System
24. Take Your Console with You
25. Explore the Bandai WonderSwan
26. Play Real Games on Your PDA
27. Install a PlayStation 2 in Your Car
Chapter 3. Playing Well with Others
28. Practice Proper MMORPG Etiquette
29. Understand MMORPG Lingo
30. Grind Without Going Crazy
31. Make a Profit in Vana'diel
32. Write MMORPG Macros
33. Build an Effective Group
34. Catch Half-Life FPS Cheaters Redhanded
Chapter 4. Playing with Hardware
35. Build a Quiet, Killer Gaming Rig
36. Find and Configure the Best FPS Peripherals
37. Adapt Old Video Game Controllers to the PC
38. Choose the Right Audio/Video Receiver
39. Place Your Speakers Properly
40. Connect Your Console to Your Home Theater
41. Tune Console Video Output
42. Tune Your TV for Console Video
43. PC Audio Hacking
44. Optimize PC Video Performance
45. Build a Dedicated Multimedia PC
46. Use a Multimedia Projector for Gaming
Chapter 5. Playing with Console and Arcade Hardware
47. Play LAN-Only Console Games Online
48. Hack the Nuon DVD Player/Gaming System
49. Play Import Games on American Consoles
50. Find a Hackable Dreamcast
51. Play Movies and Music on Your Dreamcast
52. Hack the Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit
53. Unblur Your Dreamcast Video
54. Use Your Dreamcast Online
55. Host Dreamcast Games Online
56. Burn Dreamcast-Compatible Discs on Your PC
57. Burn Dreamcast Homebrew Discs
58. Buy Your Own Arcade Hardware
59. Configure Your Arcade Controls, Connectors, and Cartridges
60. Reorient and Align Your Arcade Monitor
61. Buy Cart-Based JAMMA Boards
62. Programming Music for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Chapter 6. Playing Around the Game Engine
63. Explore Machinima
64. Choose a Machinima Engine
65. Film Your First Machinima Movie
66. Improve Your Camera Control
67. Record Game Footage to Video
68. Speedrun Your Way Through Metroid Prime
69. Sequence-Break Quake
70. Run Classic Game ROM Translations
71. Change Games with ROM Hacks
72. Apply ROM Hacks and Patches
73. Create PS2 Cheat Codes
74. Hack Xbox Game Saves
75. Cheat on Other Consoles
76. Modify PC Game Saves and Settings
77. Buff Your Saved Characters
78. Create Console Game Levels
Chapter 7. Playing Your Own Games
79. Adventure Game Studio Editing Tips
80. Create and Play Pinball Tables
81. Put Your Face in DOOM
82. Create a Vehicle Model for Unreal Tournament 2004
83. Add a Vehicle to Unreal Tournament 2004
84. Modify the Behavior of a UT2004 Model
85. Download, Compile, and Create an Inform Adventure
86. Decorate Your IF Rooms
87. Add Puzzles to Your IF Games
88. Add Nonplayer Characters to IF Adventures
89. Make Your IF NPCs Move
90. Make Your IF NPCs Talk
91. Create Your Own Animations
92. Add Interactivity to Your Animations
93. Write a Game in an Afternoon
Chapter 8. Playing Everything Else
94. Tweak Your Tactics for FPS Glory
95. Beat Any Shoot-Em-Up
96. Drive a Physics-Crazed Motorcycle
97. Play Japanese Games Without Speaking Japanese
98. Back Up, Modify, and Restore PlayStation Saved Games
99. Access Your Console's Memory Card Offline
100. Overclock Your Console
Index