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Also, the original Lucasfilm Commodore 64 games, such as Maniac Mansion, were cross-compiled on UNIX workstations, transferred over the network and uploaded to
by csl 10y ago
Also, the original Lucasfilm Commodore 64 games, such as Maniac Mansion, were cross-compiled on UNIX workstations, transferred over the network and uploaded to running C64s — way back in 1987! (Source: The Thimbleweed Park podcasts [0], which I highly recommend.)
[0]: https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com
- acqq 10y agoThree years earlier, the development for the 1984 game "Match Point" for ZX Spectrum (the graphics in the video is original, the sound is fake by the youtube video producer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRO_nY-d94w&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRO_nY-d94w&t=22s was done by then-just-software company named Psion on their VAX computer: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-036/SinclairUser_036_Mar_1985_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-036/Sincla...