Ken Uston

Broschiertes Buch

Mastering Pac-Man

Beschreibung

Mastering Pac-Man(TM) Since his creation in 1980, Pac-Man(TM)has taken the world by storm. This little yellow fellow launched a new genre of video games that appealed to boys, girls, men, and women. Over thirty years later, Pac-Man(TM) is easily found in arcades, restaurants, bars, casinos, living rooms, and mobile devices everywhere. Whether you're playing on a vintage machine or a modern gaming system, Mastering Pac-Man(TM) is the key to boosting your scores and conquering the game. In this fully illustrated and comprehensive guide, master gamer Ken Uston reveals his secrets to this timeless game. Learn the strategies behind the game's main patterns and secrets to becoming a true Pac-Master: Basic patterns for battling monsters Strategies for slow & fast games Playing PUC-ONE(TM) Improvising your own patterns Hustling Portable Pac-Man(TM) Head-To-Head(TM) Pac-Man(TM) Eat-And-Run(TM) Mazeman(TM) Ms Pac-Man(TM) Developing Patterns for Changing Chips From its initial publication, Mastering Pac-Man(TM) set the standard for video game guides. Now, back by popular demand, this detailed manual is available for a new generation and remains an essential addition to the library of every serious gamer and game collector.

Autor

Ken Uston was widely known as the foremost blackjack player in the world. He was featured on 60 Minutes, the Today show, Good Morning, America, The Tom Snyder Show, The Mike Douglas Show, That's My Line, and To Tell the Truth. Feature articles about him have been included in The New York Times Magazine (cover story), Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, People, Money, US and countless other periodicals.Ken was no stranger to teaching methods. He wrote five books, including Score: Beating the Top 16 Video Games and How to Buy and Beat the Home Video Games. Mastering Pac-Man(TM), has been listed on The New York Times Best Seller list. His best-selling book on blackjack, Million Dollar Blackjack, has been acclaimed as "the most complete book ever written on the game of blackjack" (Boardwalker Magazine). He taught blackjack around the world.Ken was a Phi Beta Kappa Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University and earned an MBA From Harvard University. He was Senior Vice-President of the Pacific Stock Exchange and taught several courses in Business Management at Quinnipiac College Connecticut. As Ken said of his interests, "Mathematical and logic challenges of all kinds have always been of interest to me, whether it's computer programming, probability analyses, bridge, blackjack, Pac-Man(TM) or the other video games."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781648372735
• ISBN-10: 1648372732
• Artikelnr.: 74861796