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Retro game programming?

Started by Stompy9999 Apr 7, 2005 at 8:05 PM 10 replies 1.4k views

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Apr 7, 2005 at 8:05 PM

I saw this book in the book section and am kindof interested in it. Unfortunetly, there are no reviews for it on this site or on amazon. I don't really understand what this book is about, does it show how old games were made? Is it a history of game programming? Does anyone know what this book is about?

Ravuya

Apr 7, 2005 at 8:30 PM

I just saw it on the front page.

Myopic Rhino

Apr 7, 2005 at 8:37 PM

I'll be posting an excerpt from it tomorrow, so watch for it on the main page.

Stompy9999

Apr 7, 2005 at 8:38 PM

Okay, thanks!

eedok

Apr 7, 2005 at 10:25 PM

so many question marks in the book description..

Ravuya

Apr 7, 2005 at 10:43 PM

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Original post by eedok
so many question marks in the book description..

There's question marks everywhere. What the hell is going on with the character encoding?

matt_j

Apr 7, 2005 at 11:40 PM

Making retro games with modern hardware and software is the best. I plan on doing much of that.

Ravuya

Apr 7, 2005 at 11:55 PM

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Original post by matt_j
Making retro games with modern hardware and software is the best. I plan on doing much of that.

I still build them on the original hardware. I have a desk in my workshop with my old Amiga 1200HD, Mac LC and Atari 800XL, and I've written games for each (in BlitzBasic, C w/SpriteLib, and asm respectively).

Alpha_ProgDes

Apr 8, 2005 at 12:15 AM

BlitzBasic works on an "old" Amiga?
i thought BlitzBasic was a DX layer.

Ravuya

Apr 8, 2005 at 2:08 AM

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Original post by Alpha_ProgDes
BlitzBasic works on an "old" Amiga?
i thought BlitzBasic was a DX layer.

BlitzBasic comes from the Amiga world.

Binomine

Apr 8, 2005 at 11:38 PM

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Original post by Myopic Rhino
I'll be posting an excerpt from it tomorrow, so watch for it on the main page.

Is it tomorrow yet?

Myopic Rhino

Apr 9, 2005 at 2:33 AM

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Original post by Binomine
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Original post by Myopic Rhino
I'll be posting an excerpt from it tomorrow, so watch for it on the main page.
Is it tomorrow yet?

...the hell? I posted it about 8 hours ago, and I *know* that I updated the front page with it because I verified the link, but it's not there now. I'll add it again. Here's the link.

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