Subject: Re: [stella] Farewell, StellaList From: "Gonzalo Fernández" <horcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:40:11 -0300 (ART) |
> I think John made some good points. For one, it does >seem like a lot of people have 'jumped on the > bandwagon' so to speak, myself being one of the guilty > parties I suppose. :) But I don't necessarily see a > problem with this, because I don't think most people > (if anyone) is doing it to make money. I > mean...there's really not any money to be made when > you consider maybe only 100 people will buy a given > homebrew game on cartridge if you're lucky. > > Writing an Atari 2600 game is still as hard as it ever > was, though. I mean, not only is it all assembly > language, but it also involves lots of tedious timing > and memory considerations. And if you screw up the > whole thing will fall apart. That hasn't changed - > there's just more support now since more people are > familiar with the hardware. > > Personally I think this whole 'Atari renaissance' is > kinda amazing, considering that it came from nowhere. > I remember maybe 5-10 years ago, the whole idea of > 'vintage computing' was completely nonexistant. I > can't help but think about that scene from 'Back to > the Future 2' where Marty goes to the year 2015 and >sees an original Macintosh in the window of an antique >store. That was really funny in 1989, but now it >seems almost...plausible! :) Anyway, I digress. In >summary, I personally think the whole homebrew scene > and retro-gaming scene is really great for programmers > and Atari fans everywhere, first of all, because it > gives individual people a chance to do something > meaningful again: I mean...making a modern video game > takes dozens of programmers working for years. With > homebrew games, it is both challenging, and yet still > can be done by one person. And for the retro-gamers, > it gives them new games with the same classic feel. > That's what makes it cool, IMHO. > > Ben > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archives (includes files) at > http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at > http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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