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I can really recommend Jordan Mechner's Karateka and Prince of Persia journals for a look into game development in the 80s. Every time I read one I come away e

• eng_monkey 12y ago
  Similarly, the ebook by Bob Pape about how he developed the ZX Spectrum version of R-Type is a very interesting document on how computer games were developed at the time and how game companies worked. It is freely available at his Web site http://bizzley.imbahost.com/ http://bizzley.imbahost.com/
• z3phyr 12y ago
  When you mentioned Jordan Mechner, memories of me and my father playing Prince of Persia came into my mind :) It is arguably one of the best games ever! Also a point that is to be noted is, back then every game developer was a kind of indie.
• fractallyte 12y ago
  Two more game development diaries, from Andrew Braybrook (the 'Carmack' of that time!), who wrote Paradroid and Morpheus for the C64: http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html