Minds Behind Adventure Games

Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past decade, his video game coverage has been featured in national ad campaigns by Nintendo, Disney and EA Sports. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.

“Wonderfully well organized, the book showcases what happens behind the scenes in the development of video games....An informative and inspiring read, this is a book for anyone who is interested in gaming development or the history of adventure video games....recommended”—Choice

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Pete PaquettePrefaceIntroductionMark Flitman, Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage: Paint It Black and RedMasaya Matsuura, Rodney Alan Greenblat and Perry Rodgers, PaRappa the Rapper: Don’t Stop Believin’Garry Kitchen, Keystone Kapers: The “Little Man” That CouldWarren Spector, Epic Mickey: When Mickey Met OswaldFabien Demeulenaere and Philipp Döschl, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom: A ­Cult-Classic CompetitionTodd Clineschmidt, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship That Almost Never WasKevin Sheller, Hunter: The Reckoning: Teddy Bears, Tequila and a ­Triple-Buffered AdventurePatrick Lipo, X-Men Legends: The Birth of the Marvel Action/RPG MonopolyTony Barnes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wooden Stakes and Bad PizzaDan Kitchen, Double Dragon: From the Arcade to the Atari 2600 ExtremeGarry Kitchen, Garry Kitchen’s GameMaker: The First “Unity” in Game DesignSimon Pick, Die Hard Trilogy: The Tech Demo That Did It All One Christmas in Nakatomi PlazaMarshal Linder, Zyll: IBM’s “Quest” Before the King’sAdam Jeffcoat, The VideoKid: Paperboy Meets Voxel Pam AndersonNate Weiss, Songbringer: A Whole New World, Every TimeCarlos L. Hernando, A Rite from the Stars: “Tou Kune Tu Kiki”Chris Carpenter, Pheugo: Man Down Under at WorkBrett Taylor, Linelight: An “Adventure” Between the LinesJames Deighan, Andrew Marsh and Zack Manko, Coffee Crisis: Fade to Coffee BlackZack Johnson, West of Loathing: Getting by with a Little Help from My Stick-Figured FriendsKevin Sheller and John R. Sanderson, Family Guy Video Game!: “Thank You, Mr. Belvedere”Chris Seavor, Conker’s Bad Fur Day: Making Lemonade When Poo Hits the FanChris Seavor, Conker: Live and Reloaded: When Microsoft Met Their MatchYoshitomo Moriwaki, Boom Blox: Spielberg and Jenga, with ExplosivesHoward Scott Warshaw, Raiders of the Lost Ark: An “Adventure” in Research and DisciplineDavid Crane, Pitfall!: Tarzan Screams and More Than 200 ScreensAndrew Glaister, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure: From Killing DOS to Porting JimNic Cusworth, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos: Lights, Lava, ActionDon Traeger, Spider: An Amazing Arachnid AdventureTony Barnes, Strider: Even Better Than the First TimeDavid Cowan and Don Traeger, Grand Theft Auto: From the Food Truck to the PlayStationConclusionIndex