The Driving Games Manual: The ultimate guide to all car-based computer and video games [Hardcover]

Joao Diniz Sanches (Author), Bruno Senna (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2009

The first definitive guide to driving games, outlining the history of the driving video game, covering all platforms past and present -- Arcade, Home Computer (PC, Sinclair Commodore, etc), and Console (Sony PlayStation, Nintendo, X-Box & Sega ). Starting from 1974 with the first arcade driving game 'Game Trak 10' to the present day. The book provides and overview of the genre, an illustrated summary of driving games. For those games that are not featured, there will be a list, broken down by format summarizing game title, developer and publisher, and profiles of creators of the key games of the era.

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Book Description

The first definitive guide to driving games, outlining the history of the driving video game, covering all platforms past and present – Arcade, Home Computer (PC, Sinclair Commodore, etc), and Console (Sony PlayStation, Nintendo, X-Box & Sega ) from 1974 to the present.

About the Author

Joao Diniz Sanches is a freelance writer/journalist with a passion for videogaming and motorsports. He has, since 1997, written extensively about videogaming and is a former editor of Edge magazine, one of the world's leading videogame publications. Joao is the author of Haynes's well-received Karting Manual and lives in Somerset, England.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844255263
• ISBN-13: 978-1844255269
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,721,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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