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Even if it's for academics, the academics 30 years from now won't be able to study the game. Five years ago, I examined BASIC for the Atari 2600. I'm far from
by spc476 7y ago
Even if it's for academics, the academics 30 years from now won't be able to study the game. Five years ago, I examined BASIC for the Atari 2600. I'm far from an academic, but even so, I was still blown away with that was done with 4K ROM and 128 bytes of RAM. Yes, the emulation was annoying (I think it would have been slightly easier on real hardware) but I still found it to be a positive experience.
To be sure, I could have had first hand experience with this, as I do remember seeing this cartridge advertised when it was initially released, but I never got the chance back then. And in retrospect, I think it's for the best, as I now have the background and experience now to know just how impressive a feat it really is.
So just because you don't feel a need to revisit games (or programs) of today 30 years from now (or use programs from 30 years ago) doesn't mean apply to everyone.
[1] http://boston.conman.org/2015/06/16.1 http://boston.conman.org/2015/06/16.1
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