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From: ScoTT Campbell <escotia@escotia.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Games Programming Books Recommend
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 20:25:51 +0100
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Never ever (ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever) under any circumstances buy
"The Awsome Power of Direct 3D/Direct X".

I really mean it. It is crap. I don't think there was an Editor, heck I don't even
think it got ran through a spell check.

It is V. poor.

LaMothe's "Black Art of 3D Game Programming" isn't too bad. But again it's for
DOS. It does do quite a good introduction to 3D though, and there's a lot of 2D
stuff too.

ScoTT

"Damn I'm gonna need to think of something to put here"

Craig Graham wrote:

> Tones wrote:
>
> > Robert Ryan wrote in message I'd personally recommend
> > >'Teach Yourself Games Programming in 21 Days' - it's mostly aimed at DOS
> > >mode 13H, but it covers the basics in detail ...
> >
> > Hey! You beat me to it!!! :)
> >
> > I would thoroughly recommend the above.  It deals with a whole wealth of
> > game examples, and like Robert said - it *is* aimed at DOS, but if you
> > convert some of the routines into 'Playstation lingo' it isn't too hard to
> > understand.
> >
> > It was the first programming book I purchased by the way (aaahhh! ain't that
> > cute!!)   :)
>
> Buy Foley & Vann-Dam.
>
> Then try and work out how to rework it in practise....
>
> > Tones :)
>
> Craig.