With annual sales figures mounting up into the billions of dollars, video games have reshaped the leisure landscape. Who are the brains behind the big-budget masterpieces such as Star Wars: Force Commander and the Turok series, and what is it like to be part of a game development team? In this program, creative directors, writers, designers, artists, programmers, composers, sound effects specialists, and testers from Nintendo of America, LucasArts Entertainment, and Acclaim Studios step through every stage of the game development process, from initial concept to last-minute prerelease debugging. (46 minutes)
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Item#: BVL31075
Copyright date: ©2001
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-6348-2 DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-6433-9

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The History of Computers
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