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.
If 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.
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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 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.
If 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/
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6470106
If you want to read more about that particular gig:
http://jacquesmattheij.com/A+tale+of+two+programmers