Game Design

Maze Invaders,97
Maze Wars, 173
McCarthy, Pat, 98
McCloud, Scott, 221, 271, 274, 427, 532
McLuhan, Marshall, 533
“meat on the bones,” 185-186, 191, 194,
197
Mechner, Jordan, 320-354
MechWarrior 2, 208
Medal of Honor, 522
media, 217-218, 482
games as, 533-534
mixing, 211
vs. games, 2
Meier, Sid, xvii, 20-39, 118, 134, 269, 408
mentoring, 248
menus, 189-190, 277, 311, 352, 373,
388-389
Meretzky, Steve, 487, 172-201
metagame, 461
Metal Gear Solid, 455
metrics, 255, 441-442, 443-444
Metroid Prime, 17
micro-goals, 12
micro-management, 24
Microprose, 20, 36
Midway, 51
Midway Games West, 95
Millipede, 87, 96 , 96-97, 97
Mills, William, 475
Min, Art, 254
Mind Forever Voyaging, A, 172, 176-177,
197, 198, 199, 203
mini-games, 22-23
Minotaur, 296, 298
mirror world, 247
Missile Command, 58, 393
mission briefings, 301, 315
mission statement, 70
missions, 203-204, 304, 480
mistakes, player, 127-128
MIT Lab for Computer Science, 173
Mixon, Laura, 273, 274
Miyamoto, Shigeru, 1, 457, 529
Mizuguchi, Tetsuya, 449
mock-ups, 317
model railroads, 24
modeling (simulations), 410-411
mods, 406
modular game design, 324-325
Molyneux, Peter, 483

Monkey Island, 219

Monopoly, 213, 238, 243

Moore, Rich, 87

morals, 176-177

Moriarty, Brian, 168, 180, 190, 222, 227,

228-230, 479

motivations, for working in game

development, 85, 534

mouse, 62, 131-132, 133-134, 230-231, 303,

329, 388, 412, 429, 507

movement system, 363

Mucha, Alphonse, 334

MUDs, 3, 4, 241, 248, 256

M.U.L.E., 239-240, 269

multi-player, 38, 98-99, 101, 102, 157, 171,

237-256

multi-player games, 3, 4-5, 210, 244-245,

303-304, 437-438, 461

adding support for, 251-252

converting single-player game to, 239

design considerations, 242-251

designing, 252-253

development issues, 251-255

drop outs in, 244

goals in, 304

headset support in, 250

motivations for playing, 238-239

networked, 241-242

online games, 238, 241-242

potential of, 244-245

single-screen, 239-241

single-system, 239-241

team vs. team, 246

types of, 239-242

voice support in, 250

multi-player gaming,

future of, 256

strengths and weaknesses of, 242

multiple

endings, 121-122

lives, 60, 145

paths, 466

solutions, 116-117, 120, 121-122

Multi User Dungeons,seeMUDs

music, 336-337, 526-527

as part of gameplay, 232

“My Mind is Numb, My Throat is Dry,” 289

Myst, 141-142, 143, 203 , 229, 424, 479

Myth: The Fallen Lords, 296-305, 298 , 300 ,

302 , 305 , 458

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