Book description
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
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Gaming Hacks
- Credits
- Foreword
- Preface
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1. Playing Classic Games
- Hacks 1-18
- Legal Emulation
- Play Commodore 64 Games Without the C-64
- Play Atari ROMs Without the Atari
- Use Atari Paddles with Your PC
- Run Homebrew Games on the Atari 2600
- Create Your Own Atari 2600 Homebrew Games
- Play Classic PC Graphic Adventures
- Play Old Games Through DOSBox
- Play Reissued All-in-One Joystick Games
- Play Arcade Games Without the Arcade
- Add and Manipulate a MAME Frontend
- Keep Your ROMs Tidy and Organized
- Learn Game-Specific MAME Controls
- Filter Inappropriate MAME ROMs
- Autoboot into MAME Heaven
- Play Emulated Arcade Games Online
- Play Classic Pinball Without the Table
- Emulate the SNES on the Dreamcast
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2. Playing Portably
- Hacks 19-27
- Play Games on Your iPod
- Mod Your Game Boy
- Take and Print Photos with Your Game Boy
- Compose Music on Your Game Boy
- Explore the GP32 Handheld Gaming System
- Take Your Console with You
- Explore the Bandai WonderSwan
- Play Real Games on Your PDA
- Install a PlayStation 2 in Your Car
- 3. Playing Well with Others
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4. Playing with Hardware
- Hacks 35-46
- Build a Quiet, Killer Gaming Rig
- Find and Configure the Best FPS Peripherals
- Adapt Old Video Game Controllers to the PC
- Choose the Right Audio/Video Receiver
- Place Your Speakers Properly
- Connect Your Console to Your Home Theater
- Tune Console Video Output
- Tune Your TV for Console Video
- PC Audio Hacking
- Optimize PC Video Performance
- Build a Dedicated Multimedia PC
- Use a Multimedia Projector for Gaming
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5. Playing with Console and Arcade Hardware
- Hacks 47-62
- Play LAN-Only Console Games Online
- Hack the Nuon DVD Player/Gaming System
- Play Import Games on American Consoles
- Find a Hackable Dreamcast
- Play Movies and Music on Your Dreamcast
- Hack the Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit
- Unblur Your Dreamcast Video
- Use Your Dreamcast Online
- Host Dreamcast Games Online
- Burn Dreamcast-Compatible Discs on Your PC
- Burn Dreamcast Homebrew Discs
- Buy Your Own Arcade Hardware
- Configure Your Arcade Controls, Connectors, and Cartridges
- Reorient and Align Your Arcade Monitor
- Buy Cart-Based JAMMA Boards
- Programming Music for the Nintendo Entertainment System
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6. Playing Around the Game Engine
- Hacks 63-78
- Explore Machinima
- Choose a Machinima Engine
- Film Your First Machinima Movie
- Improve Your Camera Control
- Record Game Footage to Video
- Speedrun Your Way Through Metroid Prime
- Sequence-Break Quake
- Run Classic Game ROM Translations
- Change Games with ROM Hacks
- Apply ROM Hacks and Patches
- Create PS2 Cheat Codes
- Hack Xbox Game Saves
- Cheat on Other Consoles
- Modify PC Game Saves and Settings
- Buff Your Saved Characters
- Create Console Game Levels
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7. Playing Your Own Games
- Hacks 79-93
- Adventure Game Studio Editing Tips
- Create and Play Pinball Tables
- Put Your Face in DOOM
- Create a Vehicle Model for Unreal Tournament 2004
- Add a Vehicle to Unreal Tournament 2004
- Modify the Behavior of a UT2004 Model
- Download, Compile, and Create an Inform Adventure
- Decorate Your IF Rooms
- Add Puzzles to Your IF Games
- Add Nonplayer Characters to IF Adventures
- Make Your IF NPCs Move
- Make Your IF NPCs Talk
- Create Your Own Animations
- Add Interactivity to Your Animations
- Write a Game in an Afternoon
- 8. Playing Everything Else
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Gaming Hacks
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2004
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596007140
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