The Driving Games Manual: The Ultimate Guide to All Car-based Computer and Video Games

by Diniz Sanches, Joao

• ISBN13: 9781844255269
• ISBN10: 1844255263
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Joao Diniz Sanches is a freelance journalist with a passion for all forms of videogaming. He has written extensively about videogaming, and he is a regular contributor to 'Edge' magazine, the UK's leading videogaming magazine. Joao is the author of our well-received Karting Manual. He lives at Frome in Somerset, England.