This manual is designed for C programmers who are completely new to game programming and DOS game programmers who need a first look at programming games for Windows using DirectX. It aims to be gentle and light-hearted, and covers programming for Windows, multimedia, DirectX and its major subcomponents, game programming techniques, basic 3-D graphics and even marketing techniques. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a C++ compiler, DirectX SDK, PaintShop Pro 4 by Jasc, Sound Forge 4, Caligari TrueSpace, and various shareware games and software.