Abstract
As a kid of the early nineties, I naturally grew up with my trusty Nintendo Game Boy. I spent countless hours helping Mario rescue the princess, getting the highest score in Tetris, and racing my friends in RC Pro-Am via link cable. I took this awesome piece of hardware with me everywhere and every time I could. My passion for games made me want to create my own worlds and share them with my friends. I started programming on the PC but soon found out that I couldn’t transfer my little masterpieces to the Game Boy. I continued being an enthusiastic programmer, but over time my interest in actually playing video games faded. Also, my Game Boy broke . . .
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Mario Zechner
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Zechner, M. (2011). Android, the New Kid on the Block. In: Beginning Android Games. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3043-4_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3043-4_1
Publisher Name: Apress
Print ISBN: 978-1-4302-3042-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4302-3043-4
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)Apress Access Books