From reading this, it appears the only reason we had any decent 8-bit games at all was due to professional pride and heroic effort on the part of the bedroom pr

From reading this, it appears the only reason we had any decent 8-bit games at all was due to professional pride and heroic effort on the part of the bedroom programmers employed! He was largely left to his own devices (but given a tight deadline). Bittersweet moment in the book - the photo of some suit accepting the "best game" award for his game. They never even bothered to tell him he had won...