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That sounds pretty interesting. Do you know if anyone has written on that history yet? It sounds like it'd make a great article in one of the tech magazines.

fit2rule 11y ago
Countless books have been written on this subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_video_game... :)
vidarh 11y ago
Lots and lots. There are and have been any number of Kickstarters for whole books covering various older game developers.. Also another source that springs to mind is the Llamasoft blog [1] - Jeff Minter behind Llamasoft fits the profile above perfectly. There's also a number of magazines devoted entirely to retro gaming, such as retroGAMER [2] that regularly have articles and interviews with the people involved. [1] http://minotaurproject.co.uk/ http://minotaurproject.co.uk/ [2] http://www.retrogamer.net/ http://www.retrogamer.net/
ENTP 11y ago
If you're interested in that era, I recommend watching "From Bedrooms To Billions" http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/ http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/ I grew up in this era, first programming on an Aquarius. It was quite the hobby in the UK.
dejv 11y ago
It's behind you - the making of a computer game: http://bizzley.imbahost.com/ http://bizzley.imbahost.com/ is great There is also diaries for Making of Prince of Persia and Karatek. http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/ http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/ Both highly recommended, I reread it three times already.
hartpuff 11y ago
Sorry I thought I had replied to this. I'm not aware of any article or book going through the history of that era, unfortunately, but I wasn't aware of Bedrooms to Billions, so there could well be. It's just kind of 'known' that it happened, I think. IIRC when the Raspberry Pi was first announced, it was suggested it might inspire kids to program in the same way that computers did in the 80s, since teaching at UK schools apparently centres around how to use Microsoft applications.

fit2rule 11y ago

Countless books have been written on this subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_video_game... :)

vidarh 11y ago

Lots and lots. There are and have been any number of Kickstarters for whole books covering various older game developers.. Also another source that springs to mind is the Llamasoft blog [1] - Jeff Minter behind Llamasoft fits the profile above perfectly. There's also a number of magazines devoted entirely to retro gaming, such as retroGAMER [2] that regularly have articles and interviews with the people involved. [1] http://minotaurproject.co.uk/ http://minotaurproject.co.uk/ [2] http://www.retrogamer.net/ http://www.retrogamer.net/

ENTP 11y ago

If you're interested in that era, I recommend watching "From Bedrooms To Billions" http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/ http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/ I grew up in this era, first programming on an Aquarius. It was quite the hobby in the UK.

dejv 11y ago

It's behind you - the making of a computer game: http://bizzley.imbahost.com/ http://bizzley.imbahost.com/ is great There is also diaries for Making of Prince of Persia and Karatek. http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/ http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/ Both highly recommended, I reread it three times already.

hartpuff 11y ago

Sorry I thought I had replied to this. I'm not aware of any article or book going through the history of that era, unfortunately, but I wasn't aware of Bedrooms to Billions, so there could well be. It's just kind of 'known' that it happened, I think. IIRC when the Raspberry Pi was first announced, it was suggested it might inspire kids to program in the same way that computers did in the 80s, since teaching at UK schools apparently centres around how to use Microsoft applications.