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

Joao Diniz Sanches

ISBN 10: 1844255263 / ISBN 13: 9781844255269

Published by Haynes Pubns, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Driving Games Manual: The Ultimate Guide to All Car-based Computer and Video Games
• Publisher: Haynes Pubns
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844255263
• ISBN 13: 9781844255269
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Joao Diniz Sanches is a freelance writer/journalist with a passion for videogaming and motorsports. He has, since 1997, written extensively about videogaming and is a former editor of Edge magazine, one of the world's leading videogame publications. Joao is the author of Haynes's well-received Karting Manual and lives in Somerset, England.