Black Art of Macintosh Game Programming

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Summary: Think twice before you buy this one...
Review: Game programming gurus was an interesting book. I am an average programmer and trying to use this book for a tutorial didn't work real well. I wanted to make a game like Unreal or F/A-18 Hornet 3.0, or at least start with a poor version that I could improve over time and optimize. I installed the files from the CD and they didn't compile (the triangle drawing one did though, kind of ironic). I wanted to use this tool to speed ahead in a programming career, but I crashed and burned. Now I have to wait for a newer age programming book to go on the market. This book is the start to a good work, but overall I'd advise you not to buy it.

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Summary: Think twice before you buy this one...
Review: The book briefly describes some Mac essentials. Covers quite some aspects of games programming : sprites & graphics, ... . However if one is really looking for an in-depth book covering Quickdraw or OpenGl-tricks for games, this isn't the book.

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Summary: Great book for all mac games programmers
Review: This book is excellent reading for anyone considering writing games for the mac, especially using fast 3D graphics and optimization techniques. Also covers (briefly) sound, input devices and basic sprites. Some reasonably complex maths involved. However, it is clear and comprehensive, a must buy for all considering creating mac games. Example code is very usefull.

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Summary: Great for beginners, source code, games, complier, not adv.
Review: This is an extremely good book for people just learning to program 3D games on the Mac. It specifically focuses on 3D graphics, 3D environments and how to make them real. Unfortunately, you can't produce a Doom tpye game with it's help - the section on optimization is sketchy and his mostly for PwrMacs. (None of the programs described will ever go that fast.) If you are intrested in starting to learn how to create 3D games, I think this is a great start.