Bibliograph

100 Computer Games to Play Before You Die

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Label

100 Computer Games to Play Before You Die

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

100 Computer Games to Play Before You Die

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

733040336

Summary

From the halcyon days of pixellated, one-dimensional blobs charging around a maze to escape from ghosts, to modern-day fully interative adventures, computer games expert Steve Bowden analyses why these 100 games made the cut to his shortlist. He examines unforgettable classics such as Donkey Kong and Space Invaders as well as modern-day phenomenona such as Grand Theft Auto and Wii Sports - as well as quite a few in between. Be warned, though: only genuine masterpieces have qualified for entry! Whether you are a nostalgic player with a penchant for Atari arcade games or whether you revel in the

Table Of Contents

Cover; Copyright; Introduction; Author's Note; Animal Crossing: Wild World; Baldur's Gate; Batman: Arkham Asylum; Bayonetta; Beyond Good & Evil; Braid; Burnout 3: Takedown; Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare; Sid Meier's Civilization; Counter-Strike: Source; Dancing Stage (AKA Dance Dance Revolution); Defender; Demon's Souls; Deus Ex; Diablo; Donkey Kong; Doom; The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion; Elite; Eve Online; F-Zero GX; Final Fantasy VII; Forza Motorsport 3; Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2; God Hand; God of War; GoldenEye 007; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Half-Life 2; Halo: Combat EvolvedHearts of Iron IIHitman: Blood Money; Ico; Ikaruga; IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey; Katamari Damacy; Left 4 Dead; The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Lemmings; Limbo; Little Big Planet; Locoroco; Mega Man 2; Metal Gear Solid; Metroid Prime; Micro Machines; Myst; N; NiGHTS into Dreams ... ; No More Heroes; Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath; Pac-Man Vs.; Paperboy; Peggle; Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney; Picross 3D; Plants Vs. Zombies; Pokémon Red/ Blue; Portal; Prince of Persia: Sands of Time; Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords; Resident Evil 2Resident Evil 4Rez; Rock Band 3; The Secret of Monkey Island; Sensible World of Soccer; Shadow of the Colossus; Shenmue; Silent Hill 2; SimCity 2000; The Sims; Sonic the Hedgehog CD; Soulcalibur; Space Invaders; (Tom Clany's) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory; Starcraft; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic; Super Bomberman; Super Mario Galaxy; Super Mario Kart; Super Mario World; Super Metroid; Super Monkey Ball; Super Street Fighter IV; System Shock 2; Tempest; Tetris; Time Crisis II; Tomb Raider Anniversary; Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3; Uplink; Vib-Ribbon; WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame ManiaWay of the SamuraiWii Sports; The World Ends With You; World of Warcraft; Worms

Target audience

juvenile

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