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From: ray@madnix.UUCP (Ray P. Hill)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,rec.games.programmer,comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Game Design Books
Keywords: Crawford's Book Excalibur Legionnaire Gossip
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Date: 14 Aug 88 13:55:46 GMT
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After just reading a second hand copy of "The Art of Computer Game Design,
Reflections of a Master Game Designer" by Chris Crawford, I wonder are there any
other books of this type out there?

Most of this book was extremely dated to the 1984 video game market. However,
a couple of the chapters in the middle were quite informative. Chapter 5,
"Design Techniques and Ideals", discusses what Chris Crawford considers 
critical design principles in designing computer games.

Throughout the book he discusses his greatest software releases. I purchased
and play "Eastern Front", but what is this "Excalibur", "Legionnaire" and 
"Gossip"? Are these titles something I should look for or weren't they worth a
look?

					Ray Hill
					ray@madnix
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