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Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense - Special Edition
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Monsters in the Dark charts the career of legendary designer Julian Gollop through the creation of 1994's X-COM, a terrifying and terrifyingly deep wargame hailed as "the finest PC game" (IGN) and "a bona fide classic" (GameSpot). Includes bonus interviews not found in the book's standard edition.
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It is the Year 1994...
In North America, turn-based strategy games were trampled by flashier video games like Doom and Mortal Kombat. All but one: Sid Meier's Civilization, a game of conquest and a megahit developed by Maryland-based MicroProse.
Over in southwest England, the producers at MicroProse UK aspired to design a tactical game that matched or exceeded the success of their American counterparts, who viewed the UK branch as nothing more than a support studio. Nearby, a bespectacled teenage boy toiled away on his home computer, dreaming of the day his programming aptitude would catch up to the epic campaigns unfolding across his imagination.
From his early experiments in board games to digital battlefields that lit up bestseller charts, Monsters in the Dark charts the career of legendary designer Julian Gollop through the creation of 1994's X-COM, a terrifying and terrifyingly deep war game hailed as "the finest PC game" (IGN) and "a bona fide classic" (GameSpot).
Exclusive Special Edition Content!
- Go behind the scenes to witness the trials and tribulations of X-COM: Apocalypse's development
- Learn how MicroProse testers fought for X-COM's release
- Discover how one designer wrote X-COM's strategy guide
- And more!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781098397111
Publisher: BookBaby
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 October 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: BookBaby
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 294
About the Author
David L. Craddock lives with his wife and business partner in Ohio. He is the author of the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen trilogy detailing the history of Blizzard Entertainment, the Gairden Chronicles epic fantasy series for young adults, and Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense. Follow him online at davidlcraddock.com and @davidlcraddock on Twitter.
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