Game Developer's Guide to Cybiko (With CD-ROM) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Ernest Pazera (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wordware Game Developer's Library | Publication Date: December 15, 2001

This is the only book on the market that teaches young programmers how to develop game programs for the Cybiko. It is aimed at programmers who have some familiarity with the C programming language and want to program games for the Cybiko hand-held device.

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About the Author

Ernest Pazera is an experienced programmer in a variety of languages including C and C++, and a member of GameDev.net, the company that created the popular game programming web site. He has worked on several independent computer games.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556228546
• ISBN-13: 978-1556228544
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,036,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE Guide for programming the Cybiko, January 3, 2002

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Gregory L Smith (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Game Developer's Guide to Cybiko (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Although I am an accomplished Cybiko programmer, I still had something to learn from Ernest Pazera's new book "Game Programmer's Guide to Cybiko." Ernest fills in the gaps left by Cybiko's own SDK documentation in a conversational and informative style all his own.

You'll find important information on which functions to use, and which to avoid. While not for the absolute beginner, the Guide gives a number of frameworks from which to begin. Ernest covers all aspects of the SDK, from graphics to sound to messaging and even threaded programming. This is easily the most comprehensive dissection of the Cybiko SDK available. Unlike some treatises on programming for other operating systems, The Guide is more than a mere reproduction of the SDK Help file. There are real examples with relevance to different programming tasks.

The accompanying CD is filled with examples to compliment the book as well as library extensions to the Cybiko SDK that any programmer will find useful.

Whether you're creating a game or something more serious, Ernest's Pazera's Guide is a must-have resource for programming the Cybiko.

3 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with cybiko, May 2, 2004

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game Developer's Guide to Cybiko (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The company is now defunct and the technology, too. The toy is no longer sold or supported.