HG101 presents: Sega Arcade Classics Vol. 1

[Sketcz]

Hardcore Gaming 101: Sega Arcade Classics Vol. 1

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/segabook.htm

A while ago we published the Guide to Classic Graphics Adventures. Our next project is a book on classic Sega arcade games. Taking on feedback from last time, it's available in full colour.

Get ready to enter the world of Sega! Hardcore Gaming 101: Sega Arcade Classics Vol. 1 includes 168 pages of extensive reviews of over seventy classic games originating from the 1980s and 90s arcade scene. All articles have been updated, revised, and expanded from the ones currently featured on the site.

The covered game series include:

After Burner
Golden Axe
Space Harrier
Shinobi
OutRun
Fantasy Zone
Alex Kidd
Altered Beast
Gain Ground
Alien Syndrome
Wonder Boy / Monster World
- including an interview with series creator Ryuichi Nishizawa
Galaxy Force
Alien Storm
Crack Down
Dynamite Dux
ESWAT
Thunder Blade
Quartet
Power Drift


Most of the article were originally on the site, but quite a few are new and exclusive to the book, plus the old ones have been tidied up and, in some cases rewritten.

I was managing editor on the book / magazine, so any grammar mistakes still left likely fall to me. We re-read through every article, sometimes 2 or 3 times, designed and redesigned, chopped and changed around, so hopefully it should be pretty slick. For anyone in the magazine business, you'll hopefully notice I nuked pretty much all the widows and orphans, all the split infinitives, and most instances of ZX and Spectrum being on separate lines.

Extensive coverage of the games, including full page comparison tables of all the different versions, for example of Space Harrier.

For those wanting a video preview, our Editor in Chief, Kurt Kalata, goes through it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLV5zjBLgWo

Any thoughts, let us know!

[charlesr]

Looks great dude. Well done.

[fuse]

Just ordered a colour paperback copy. Looking forwards to it.

[Shozuki]

Looks great as soon as my new card arrives I shall be nabbing this one!

[CMcK]

Bought the PDF the other day. Looks good and pretty in depth. The comparison shots between the various formats are quite interesting and make me rather nostalgic for some of those old systems.

[Sketcz]

There's a preview PDF if anyone wants to get a taste:

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/segabook/segabook-preview.pdf

EDIT:
There's been some mention about printing errors on the spine for copies printed in the UK. It seems to be a rare occurrence (only two people that we know of), but if you receive a copy and there's some odd lettering on the spine, please let me know and I can pass it on to the chief. This is an error on Amazon/Creatspace's part - it should be possible to get a replacement if this has happened to your copy.

With any luck it hasn't happened at all - but it's worth mentioning.