I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS 1992–2002 (Free Shipping*)

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Bitmap Books presents I'm Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992-2002. This volume celebrates more than 180 games from the early, experimental years of first-person shooters and traces the genre's explosive emergence into the gaming scene of the 1990s. Whether obscure curiosities or genre-defining giants, first-person shooters transported players to strange worlds, alternate universes, and even the shores of hell, helping to spark the 3D graphics arms race.

With thorough research and hundreds of screenshots, I'm Too Young To Die covers it all: the classics that defined the genre, including DOOM and Quake, Half-Life, Deus Ex, GoldenEye 007, and Halo ; pure multiplayer games like Starsiege: Tribes, Unreal Tournament , and Quake III, along with mods like Counter-Strike and Team Fortress ; experimental games that took the genre in new directions, including Gun Buster, Codename Eagle, Assassin 2015 , and Trespasser ; forgotten games like ZPC and ReVOLUTION ; and hidden gems like Dust, Wrath of Earth , and Azrael's Tear .

I'm Too Young To Die begins in 1969 with the precursors of first-person shooters, and traces the genre's origins and evolution through maze and role-playing games, early 3D experiments and light gun shooters, all the way up to Wolfenstein 3D and 1992's Ultima Underworld . The volume also looks at the anatomy of the first-person shooter, asking what makes it so compelling, what influence it has had on 3D graphics and online gaming, and takes a look at first-person shooters that were never released.

In addition to a foreword by first-person shooter legend John Romero, I'm Too Young To Die includes in-depth interviews with industry legends such as Ian and Chris Andrew (the Freescape games), Scott Miller (Apogee and 3D Realms), David Doak ( GoldenEye 007 and TimeSplitters ), Randy Pitchford (Gearbox Software), Karl Deckard ( Metroid Prime and Valve's Prospero ), and many more...

Contains interviews with:
David Doak, David Smith, Davor Hunski, Ian and Chris Andrew, James Hampton, John Howard, John Romero, Karl Deckard, Ken Levine, Ken Silverman, Randy Pitchford, Scott Miller and Warren Spector.

Product information:

English. Standard edition, 424 pages. 210 mm × 297 mm. High-quality lithographic printing edge-to-edge. Special Pantone color throughout. Hardcover. Sewn binding for lasting quality and the ability to lay the book flat for ideal viewing of the double-sided images. Spot-varnished cover and dust jacket highlight key elements against a matte background. Ribbon bookmark. Shrink-wrapped.

Included games:

007: Agent Under Fire / 007: Nightfire / 007: The World Is Not Enough / 3D Monster Maze / 3-D Monster Chase / Alien Anarchy / Alien Breed 3D / Alien Resurrection / Alien Trilogy / Alien vs. Predator / Aliens versus Predator / Aliens vs. Predator 2 / Alternate Reality / America's Army: Operations / Armorines: Project SWARM / Assassin 2015 / Atlantis - The Last Resort / Azrael's Tear / BackTrack / Bard's Tale, The / Battlefield 1942 / Behind the Iron Gate / Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold / Blood / Blood II: The Chosen / Bloodshot / Bram Stoker's Dracula / Carnivores / Castle Master / Catacomb 3D / Catechumen / Chasm: The Rift / Chex Quest / Clive Barker's Undying / Codename Eagle / Codename: Outbreak / Colony, The / Command & Conquer: Renegade / Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj / Corporation / Counter-Strike / Crime Crackers / Cybercon III / Cyberdillo / CyberMage: Darklight Awakening / CyClones / Cube / Daikatana / Dark Arena / Dark Side / Deadly Dozen / Defcon 5 / Delta Force / Depth Dwellers / Deus / Deus Ex / Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza / Die Hard: Vendetta / Disruptor / Doom / Doom 64 / Doom II / Driller / Duck Hunt / Duke Nukem 3D / Dust / Ecks vs. Sever / Eidolon, The / Eradicator / Escape from Monster Manor / Extreme Paintbrawl / Exhumed / Forbes Corporate Warrior / Fortress of Dr. Radiaki, The / Genetic Species / Global Operations / Gloom Deluxe / GoldenEye 007 / Gore: Ultimate Soldier / Gun Buster / Gunman Chronicles / HacX / Half-Life / Halo: Combat Evolved / Heretic / Hexen II / Hexen: Beyond Heretic / Hidden & Dangerous / Hired Team: TRIAL GOLD / House of the Dead / In Pursuit of Greed / Iron Angel of the Apocalypse / Iron Storm / Isle of the Dead / Jumping Flash! / Jurassic Park / Ken's Labyrinth / Kileak: The Blood / Killing Time / Kingpin: Life of Crime / KISS / Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child / Last Rites / Legends of Might and Magic / Lethal Tender / Lifeforce Tenka / Marathon / Mars / Maze War / Medal of Honor / Men in Black: The Series – Crashdown / Metroid Prime / MIDI Maze / Midwinter / Might and Magic / Mobile Forces / Mortyr 2094–1944 / NAM / Nemac IV / Nerf Arena / New World Order / Nitemare 3D / Operation Body Count / Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis / Operative: No One Lives Forever, The / Outlaws / Outtrigger / Pathways into Darkness / Perfect Dark / Phantom Slayer, The / PO'ed / Project IGI / Quake / Quake II / Quake III: Arena / Realms of the Haunting / Rebel Moon Rising / Red Faction / Redline: Gang Warfare 2066 / Redneck Rampage / Requiem: Avenging Angel / Resident Evil: Survivor / Return to Castle Wolfenstein / ReVOLUTION / Rex Blade: The Apocalypse / Rise of the Triad: Dark War / RoboCop 3 / Saints of Virtue / Sensory Overload / Serious Sam: The First Encounter / Shadow Warrior / ShadowCaster / Shogo: Mobile Armor Division / SiN / Sniper: Path of Vengeance / 3Soldier of Fortune / South Park / Space Hulk / Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels / Specter / Star Cruiser / Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard / Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force / Star Wars: Dark Forces / Star Wars Jedi Knight : Dark Forces II / Starsiege: Tribes / Strife / Substation / Super 3D Noah's Ark / Super Spy, The / SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle / System Shock / System Shock 2 / Team Fortress / Terminator, The / Terminator: Future Shock, The / Terminator: Rampage, The / Terminator: SkyNET, The / Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri / Thief: The Dark Project / Time Crisis / TimeSplitters / TimeSplitters 2 / Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon / Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six / Total Eclipse / Trespasser: The Lost World - Jurassic Park / Turok: Dinosaur Hunter / Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss / Unreal / Unreal Tournament / Wheel of Time, The / William Shatner's TekWar / Witchaven / Wolfenstein 3D / Wrath of Earth / WWII Online: Blitzkrieg / XCom Alliance / XS / ZAR / Zero Tolerance / ZPC.