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What an amazing feeling it must've been. I absolutely LOVE hearing these developer war stories from 80s and 90s, although 90s more because I am a 90s kid. It d
by notastartup 12y ago
What an amazing feeling it must've been. I absolutely LOVE hearing these developer war stories from 80s and 90s, although 90s more because I am a 90s kid.
It definitely makes me feel that today's average devs are spoiled with all the innovations that have taken place...and still can't roll out a hit.
- usr 12y agoIf you haven't seen it already, you might enjoy reading "It's Behind You" by Bob Pape. It's about how the game R-Type was ported to the ZX Spectrum back in the day. http://www.bizzley.com/ http://www.bizzley.com/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6470106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6470106
- jacquesm 12y agoIf you want to read more about that particular gig: http://jacquesmattheij.com/A+tale+of+two+programmers http://jacquesmattheij.com/A+tale+of+two+programmers