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Note that the 6502 documentary holds a decisive lead in the number of backers (25 vs. 11 for Arcade and 3 for Tape). I presume this is a result of the huge amo

by zach 15y ago

Note that the 6502 documentary holds a decisive lead in the number of backers (25 vs. 11 for Arcade and 3 for Tape). I presume this is a result of the huge amount of Apple II affection still out there. When I got into the game industry in the 90's, a sure icebreaker with other programmers was to ask if they cut their programming teeth on the Apple II (like most), the Commodore 64 or maybe the Atari. All were 6502 platforms.

sp332 15y ago
Or maybe the people who want the Tape doc made are passionate enough to put $250 toward the project :) I think it's amazing that the $250 option has more pledges than all the $100 ones combined.
aculver 15y ago
My support for the documentary is based on my love of the NES/Famicom. I'm still playing new games, released in the 80's, emulated on my Nintendo DS. In fact, I only learned 6502 assembly years after it was really relevant by hacking on NES ROMs. There was something really cool about writing simple compression routines with such a simple processor.
- gavinlynch 15y ago
  Myself as well :) What a fun time. I'll never forget my first ASM hack.
derfclausen 15y ago
The first instruction set I learned was Z80 (Osborne 1), followed by 6502 (Atari 800). I think Atari and Commodore 8-bits may have been more popular than the Apple II, if only because they were available for purchase at more locations.
- SwellJoe 15y ago
  "if only because they were available for purchase at more locations." And cost about a third what an Apple II cost. Only the rich kids in my school had Apples. Everybody else had a Commodore, Tandy, or Atari. I'm certain that cost was the reason my family had a Commodore 64 rather than anything else (my dad is a very value conscious buyer, and the the C64 was a pretty solid value with more RAM, more color, better sound, and the cheapest floppy drive of all the contenders).
  - zach 15y ago
    I had a C64 as well and recall now that my friends with Apple IIs were all pretty well-off. This went completely over my head at the time. Purely incidentally, my C64 floppy drive's case was cracked because the family acquaintance we got it from had found a broken drive second-hand, bought a new one at Toys R Us, swapped the internals and returned the one with bad guts to the store.

by zach 15y ago

sp332 15y ago

Or maybe the people who want the Tape doc made are passionate enough to put $250 toward the project :) I think it's amazing that the $250 option has more pledges than all the $100 ones combined.

aculver 15y ago

My support for the documentary is based on my love of the NES/Famicom. I'm still playing new games, released in the 80's, emulated on my Nintendo DS. In fact, I only learned 6502 assembly years after it was really relevant by hacking on NES ROMs. There was something really cool about writing simple compression routines with such a simple processor.

gavinlynch 15y ago
Myself as well :) What a fun time. I'll never forget my first ASM hack.

derfclausen 15y ago

The first instruction set I learned was Z80 (Osborne 1), followed by 6502 (Atari 800). I think Atari and Commodore 8-bits may have been more popular than the Apple II, if only because they were available for purchase at more locations.

SwellJoe 15y ago
"if only because they were available for purchase at more locations." And cost about a third what an Apple II cost. Only the rich kids in my school had Apples. Everybody else had a Commodore, Tandy, or Atari. I'm certain that cost was the reason my family had a Commodore 64 rather than anything else (my dad is a very value conscious buyer, and the the C64 was a pretty solid value with more RAM, more color, better sound, and the cheapest floppy drive of all the contenders).
- zach 15y ago
  I had a C64 as well and recall now that my friends with Apple IIs were all pretty well-off. This went completely over my head at the time. Purely incidentally, my C64 floppy drive's case was cracked because the family acquaintance we got it from had found a broken drive second-hand, bought a new one at Toys R Us, swapped the internals and returned the one with bad guts to the store.