Creating Qbert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industry during the pivotal decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Warren Davis the creator of the groundbreaking Qbert worked as a member of the creative teams who developed some of the most popular video games of all time including Joust 2 Mortal Kombat NBA Jam and Revolution X.amp10amp10In a witty and entertaining narrative Davis shares insightful stories that offer a behindthescenes look at what it was like to work as a designer and programmer at the most influential and dominant video arcade game manufacturers of the era including Gottlieb WilliamsBallyMidway and Premiere. amp10amp10Likewise the talented artists designers creators and programmers Davis has collaborated with over the years reads like a whos who of video gaming history Eugene Jarvis Tim Skelly Ed Boon Jeff Lee Dave Thiel John Newcomer George Petro Jack Haeger and Dennis Nordman among many others.amp10amp10The impact Davis has had on the video arcade game industry is deep and varied. At Williams Davis created and maintained the revolutionary digitizing system that allowed actors and other photorealistic imagery to be utilized in such games as Mortal Kombat T2 and NBA Jam. When Davis worked on the fabled Us vs. Them it was the first time a video game integrated a live action story with arcadestyle graphics. amp10amp10On the oneofakind Exterminator Davis developed a brand new video game hardware system and created a unique joystick that sensed both omnidirectional movement and rotation a first at that time. For Revolution X he created a display system that simulated a pseudo3D environment on 2D hardware as well as a tool for artists that facilitated the building of virtual worlds and the seamless integration of the artistamp8217s work into game code.amp10amp10Whether youamp8217re looking for insights into the Golden Age of Arcades would like to learn how Davis first discovered his design and programming skills as a t