Read excerpts from Arcade Perfect, check out interviews with the author, and more.
Excerpts
- Polygon: Nearly 30 years ago, Mortal Kombat’s blood forever changed the video game industry
- Vice: The Story Behind the Tireless Slog of Porting ‘Double Dragon’ to Genesis
- ArsTechnica: How a basement hacker transformed Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600
- Retro Histories: Making Mortal Monday
- Shacknews: How Digital Eclipse preserved a classic in Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
- USgamer: Why Porting the 16-Bit NBA Jam to PlayStation Was Such a Major Trial Back in 1995
- VG Chronicle: How Pac-Man was Ported to Consoles
- Gamasutra: Outstanding Ideas - Ed Logg on Asteroids and Gauntlet
Interviews & Podcasts
- Eurogamer (interview)
- Cane & Rinse (podcast)
- Matt Chat (interview)
- Retro Hour (podcast)
- tabmok99 (interview)
- Game Crate (interview)
- ARGCast (podcast)
- Review Fix (interview)
Reviews and Previews
- Arcade Heroes (review): “an engaging narrative style that combines history, interviews and dialogue… like you are sitting there with the developer as they faced the challenges back in the 80’s or 90’s.”
- RePlay magazine (preview)
- Chris Sanyk, developer/critic (review): “This is primary resource material and very nice to have in its entirety.”
- Two Beard Gaming (review): “It’s fascinating to read what these people have to say about the challenges they faced in getting the games to actually run when compared to the arcade hardware they’d been created for.”
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