But whatever the retro craze driving games today, one thing is certain: classic games back to a big second act, and they are being played in both old and new ways. Have you recently been attacked by Space Invaders for the first time or you are already a Pong junkie since puberty, Chris Kohler's Retro Gaming Hacks is the indispensable new guide to playing and hacking classic games. Retro Gaming Hacks presents 85 hard-nosed hacks for reviving the classic game. This book also teaches readers to revive old machines for the original gaming experience: hook up an Apple II or Commodore 64, for example, and play like you played before. A video game journalist and author of Power Up: How Japanese Video Game World Gives an Extra Life, Kohler has taught the history of video games at Tufts University. In Retro Gaming Hacks, he put the convergence of software classic and contemporary games, not only reveals how retrofit classic games for that system today, but how to find the golden oldies hidden in contemporary programs as well. Do you want to create miracles Robotron marathon or simply crave a little handheld Donkey Kong, Retro Gaming Hacks shows you how to rearrange the way the dial.