Hi,
> It's another aspect to game collecting. I'm a programmer myself, and
>used to write games for the old 8-bit machines (6502 based)....
Which ones? I used to write games for the Atari 8-bit, CBM-64 and Atari 7800
(not to mention the ST and Amiga).
> I always thought the game programmers to be god-like in some way....
So did I until I got into "the biz"....kind of shatters your illusions when
you finally meet them and find out what a load of spolit brats they really are
(at the companies I worked at anyway).
>....Sitting aroung on bean-bags and playing games all day....
No bean bags, plenty of large bottles of Coke though.
> The classic hardware is much simpler and more elegant....
That's EXACTLY what I like about the older "classic" systems, they're simple,
easy to understand and fun to work with.
I've got no time at all for modern day systems - FMV intros, pah (I don't even
look at them ONCE, let alone each time I fire up the game).
>....I may never suceed in making a popular re-write or enhancement to
>a classic Atari vector, but I guarantee you that I'll have loads of fun
>failing!
Go for it!!!
TTFN - Pete.
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