Platform games

Platform games

Kirsty Holmes

Book - 2019

"From adventure games to endless running, this title helps gamers remaster their skills with tips and tricks to reach new levels. Readers will also love finding out about game designers and innovators and how they made a lifestyle into a career."--

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Subjects
Video games > Juvenile literature.
Adventure video games > Juvenile literature.
Informational works.
Genres
Informational works
Published
New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Kirsty Holmes (author)
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
Age 9-12.
Grade 4 to 6.
1030L
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780778752592
  • Welcome to the arcade
  • Data file: Platform games
  • Fact file: Super Mario Bros
  • Tech talk
  • Fact file: Sonic mania
  • Timeline of platform games
  • V Runner3
  • Get your game on
  • Fact file: Little big planet 3
  • Console profile: Nintendo
  • Fact file: Starbound
  • Pro talk
  • Work and play.
Review by Booklist Review

The Game On! series (6 titles) levels up its already considerable appeal by utilizing a graphics-forward design to discuss different aspects of video gaming. Here, platform games think adventure games, like Mario Bros. are introduced in visually exciting spreads that present their definition, history, and gameplay basics. A pixelated boy guides readers through an arcade of short chapters full of colorful text blocks and video game images, under headings like Fact File (games profiles), Tech Talk (gameplay info), and Data File (platform genre basics). Kids are likely to already know the how-to portions of this book, but they'll find plenty of interesting factoids about how these games evolved. Time lines and cameos by characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, BIT.TRIP Runner, and LittleBigPlanet will score bonus points with readers. An engaging, high-interest series.--Julia Smith Copyright 2019 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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