Compute S Nintendo Secrets

By the author of the bestselling Compute!'s Guide to Nintendo Games, this book includes super secrets for the hottest Nintendo games--Super Mario Bros. 3, Batman, and Ninja Garden II--and an eight-page color section of ultra secrets.

Featured chapters include: Mortal Kombat and Mario Allstars.

Lists the most significant writings on computer games, including works that cover recent advances in gaming and the substantial academic research that goes into devising and improving computer games.

Packed with tips for better play and dozens of reviews of available game cartridges for the Nintendo Entertainment System, this book has all the information Nintendo fans need.

Covering a time span of 1968 to 1998, and encompassing a spectrum of over 14,000 items across the history of the computer, console, accessories and software markets, the Vintropedia 2009 Price Guide is the definitive resource to a collector's needs.Included within are prices (in GBP), machine specifications, regions of origin, release dates, model names, publishing companies, old ads and more! Look no further than Vintropedia, a guide created by collectors, for collectors.

For all computer adventure enthusiasts, this compendium of tips, strategies, maps, and behind-the-scenes information for the top-selling games is a must-have. Game designer and expert strategist Barba reveals the solutions to more than a dozen bestselling new adventure games for Riftware, such as Betrayal at Krondor, Strike Commander, and more.

Did you know the Nintendo Wii had a medical condition named after it? Or that the Sega Saturn almost had the Nintendo 64's graphics chip? Did you realize the Atari Jaguar contained five different processors? Are you aware that a fake website about beekeeping was used to promote an Xbox game? Learn about all of this and more in this unique trivia book about the history of video game consoles that gives you the complete stories in detail! These facts cover a wide range of subjects, such as which console introduced certain technology and features, esoteric hardware oddities, marketing fails and successes, stories behind key games, how certain indispensable people shaped the whole industry, development history, court cases, peculiar events, weird relationships between companies and technical explanations. Plenty of these would be obscure facts that you may not know, but even if you are familiar with them, do you know the full story? 31 video game consoles stretching from 1972 to 2017 are covered, containing more than 235 in-depth facts, numerous other pieces of trivia and over 350 images to create a single package unlike any other that gamers of all ages will find interesting! If you want to fill your head with plenty of knowledge about your favorite video game consoles to amaze your friends with, then this book is for you!