Delphi Graphics and Game Programming Exposed

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Summary: Beneath publication
Review: This book does not deserve to be in print. It's a horrendous mess. It does not cover what it claims to (2D games only, as other reviewers have pointed out), nor do the examples work consistently. Specifically, many of the examples have problems on DirectX 7. What I suspect happened is that the author wrote these examples for DirectX 2, then assumed they'd work on DirectX 7 without testing them. NEWS FLASH: they don't. Worse yet, the examples are overly simplistic and exhibit code techniques that are error prone and amateurish. On top of that, the writing is quite bad. The guy cannot write. One of the unfortunate side effects of the recent publishing boom is that books are getting into print that really shouldn't. This is one such book. Save your money and get a book with real examples written by someone who can actually write.

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Summary: A waste of print if ever there was one
Review: This book does not deserve your time. It does not cover modern games programming, offers no insight into anything relevant to high-end games development, and exposes nothing except the authors lack of knowledge of the subject material. It is at best a remedial primer, but, uses such poor Delphi techniques and coding practices that it's really beneath beginners.

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Summary: Good Book, reviewers lack knowledge in Dlephi
Review: This book is GREAT in one word. It met all of my expectations as a serious Delphi Programmer who wants to get into game programming. I have to wonder about the 20+ year veteran programmer listed here who did not even have up-to-date software. The Book plainly says on the cover Direct X version 5.0 - 7.0. The examples are a big help to me, I am trying to delve into the world of game programming and this book got me well on the way! The examples DO WORK. If you read the book the author explains how to use Direct X (headers) with Delphi. I find it hard to believe a author who wrote The Tomes of Delphi 3: Win32 Core Api and got reviews like "How can a Delphi programmer live without this book" could fail with this book. I love it!

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Summary: Don't buy this book!
Review: This book is useless and stupid also for beginners.
Please don't buy it

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Summary: 2D games only!
Review: This book only covers 2D sprite games. What a waste! On top of that, I can't get many of the examples to work. I bought the book expecting to learn the secrets of games development in Delphi. What a letdown! I give up!

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Summary: What I needed.
Review: This book really helped me. Didn't you people read HOW TO INSTALL THE HEADERS?! All the samples work for me and I'm right now writing my first game as I go along. When the back cover says "intermediate to advanced" it means intermediate programmers
NOT intermediate GAME programmers. I do wish it covered 2D in Direct3D though, because in DirectX 8.0 and up you MUST do things this way but nothing off as at print time DirectX 6-7 were current and many people still use 7.

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Summary: What I needed.
Review: This book really helped me. Didn't you people read HOW TO INSTALL THE HEADERS?! All the samples work for me and I'm right now writing my first game as I go along. When the back cover says "intermediate to advanced" it means intermediate programmers
NOT intermediate GAME programmers. I do wish it covered 2D in Direct3D though, because in DirectX 8.0 and up you MUST do things this way but nothing off as at print time DirectX 6-7 were current and many people still use 7.

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Summary: Worthless
Review: This book really is quite bad. The examples don't work, and, let's face it, Ayres can't write. There are enough typos and outright errors in this book to fill a couple chapters. Can't find anything good to say about it -- it's just completely worthless.

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Summary: Terrible, just terrible
Review: This book was so bad I had to get on here and tell a few people. ... It's the worst piece of garbage I've seen in a long time. It's definitely not worth the [money] I paid for it. The games shown in this book are banally simple. Worse yet, lots of the examples have errors or exhibit pretty poor coding techniques. The author is neither a games expert nor a Delphi expert. Why he would write a book like this and how he could find someone to publish it is beyond me.

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Summary: What a Piece of
Review: This is Terrible Book, Why they release this stuff!, I'll go back to C++ and Buy a DirectX Book for it, This is totally a Garbage Delphi and this Book.