Retro Gaming Hacks

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The image on the cover of Retro Gaming Hacks shows two Atari 2600 joysticks. These joysticks, which were released with the original Atari console in 1977, have become icons of console gaming. While the ergonmics of the joysticks may be questionable, their simple utilitarian design—one button to shoot and one stick to move—offers a sturdy control device for gamers everywhere.

Philip Dangler was the production editor and proofreader for Retro Gaming Hacks. Derek Di Matteo was the copyeditor. Darren Kelly and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original photograph by Kevin Thomas. Karen Montgomery produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe’s Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Keith Fahlgren to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations ...