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Accidental Shooter

Accidental Shooter

By Baker, Chris

Published by epubli

English 2026 ISBN 9783565251650
eBook

About this book

"The Accidental Shooter – How a team of rookies created the greatest multiplayer game" tells the story of GoldenEye 007. In 1997, licensed movie games were usually terrible. The team at Rare was inexperienced; many had never made a game before. Gaming historian Chris Baker reveals the twist: The famous 4-player split-screen mode—the feature that defined a generation of sleepovers—was added secretly by one programmer (Steve Ellis) in the final weeks of development, without Nintendo's permission. This book celebrates the creativity of constraints. Because the team didn't know "how things were supposed to be done," they invented objectives, stealth mechanics, and console FPS controls that are still used today. A story of passion over planning.

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Accidental Shooter is available as eBook at 6 online bookshops. Bookshops carrying it include Bajalibros Argentina, Bookshop Uruguay, Crisol Ebooks.

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