The awesome inner workings of video games

  • 0 Ratings
  • 1 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 0 Ratings
  • 1 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
February 19, 2021 | History

The awesome inner workings of video games

  • 0 Ratings
  • 1 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

"Ever wondered what's inside the plastic of your video game console but don't want to crack it open to find out? Crack open this book instead! You'll learn what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows you to return to play each day without starting from scratch."--Provided by publisher.

This book looks at how a video game works, including what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows gamers to return to play each day without starting from scratch.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
32

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
2015, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: The awesome inner workings of video games
The awesome inner workings of video games
2014, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games
2013, Lerner Publishing Group
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of Contents

Under the hood
The brains of the operation
A software kernel that really pops!
Writing in code
Revving up the game engine
Where games live
A great memory
From console to TV
Pushing the game's buttons
Tapped out!
A player in motion
Breakthroughs in game technology.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.

009-012.

Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 1 1 159771

Series
Shock zone games and gamers, Shockzone

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
794.8
Library of Congress
GV1469.3 .K34 2014,

The Physical Object

Pagination
32 pages
Number of pages
32

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27179883M
Internet Archive
awesomeinnerwork0000kapl
ISBN 10
1467712507, 1467715840
ISBN 13
9781467715843, 9781467712507
LCCN
2013001160
OCLC/WorldCat
826458562

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
February 19, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 3, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 18, 2019 Created by MARC Bot import new book