In the slick, well-marketed world of Nintendo and Play Station, Andre Lamothe's Xtreme Gaming Station sticks out like a sore thumb. The XGS is a completely independent platform that lets users play N64-quality games but also offers users access to the inside information they need to write their own games. Further flouting the big game companies, Lamothe has opened the clean-room doors and offered would-be hardware designers something never before possible--the chance to build their own programmable video game consoles. The information in Black Art of Video Game Console Design is simply not available anywhere else. This book build on the three years of time and $500,000 in development expense Lamothe and Xtreme Games put into the XGS. The book-and the XGS-is truly a labor of love, and the extensive detail, hand-drawn diagrams, and running commentary from Lamothe let his personality shine through the exhaustive technical detail. In this book, readers will learn everything from the proper way to wire a bread board to microcontroller programming routines. This is a truly unique product aimed at the current generation of hardware hackers, extreme gamers, and technology gearheads who want to take a walk on the wild side.
&a>breaks new ground in game development by bridging the alien worlds of hardware and software together for the first time The Black Art of Video Game Console Design is written for the programmer and/or hobbyist interested in software game development, but also wants to understand the hardware games are implemented on. This book assumes no prior knowledge of Electrical Engineering or Computer Architecture, but takes you on a breathtaking journey from atomic semiconductor theory to the design and construction of basic video game consoles that you can build and write your own games for Included in the book is the entire design of numerous embedded game systems including the XGameStation systems and much more. The Black Art of Video Game Console Design with 800+ pages covers everything you need to know to design your own game console including: - Basic atomic physics and semiconductor theory primer.
- Introduction to circuit analysis; current, voltage, and resistance.
- Analog design using discrete components.
- Digital electronics and Boolean algebra.
- Physical hardware construction and prototyping techniques.
- Combinational logic and advanced integrated circuit building blocks.
- Finite state machine design.