The man who made 'the worst video game in history'

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popsicle:
Warshaw also designed and programmed Yars Revenge and Raiders of the Lost Ark, two great games for the 2600.

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: popsicle on February 25, 2016, 05:31:23 pm ---Warshaw also designed and programmed Yars Revenge and Raiders of the Lost Ark, two great games for the 2600.

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WARSHAW LOVER. GET YER TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS!!

DaOld Man:
ET was pretty bad, but so were 95% of the games for the 2600. (But Ive been spoiled by the games since then, so I may be a little judgmental.)
Pacman sucked, however, Ms Pacman was much better. Donkey Kong sucked, as did Burgertime.
They were so bad compared to the arcade machines they imitated.
Still bad that he got credited for bringing down Atari.

Edit: thanks for the link, interesting article.

ark_ader:
Well Spielberg said the game was very well done. 5 weeks coding something that fit in 4K with music and 2600 esque graphics. I would say it wasn't half bad. The haters can go and code us something in 5 weeks in 6502 assembler, to show how good they are.

Odds are most coders today couldn't muster up pong in 5 weeks. I remember back when I had my Acorn Electron, coding in assembler was pretty hard to get your head around. Great for routines, like screen updates, and GCSE computer studies projects. :)

Here is a pretty good primer for the c64:

pbj:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 28, 2016, 03:37:51 am ---The haters can go and code us something in 5 weeks in 6502 assembler, to show how good they are.

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The haters aren't being paid big bucks to code atari games.

They also aren't appearing in revisionist "it wasn't that bad, really" documentaries.

Good luck on your date, we are all rooting for your happiness.

:cheers:

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