[HN Gopher] Iridis Alpha Theory: The Making of a C64 Classic
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       Iridis Alpha Theory: The Making of a C64 Classic
        
       Author : mwenge
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2023-07-28 07:53 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (iridisalpha.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (iridisalpha.com)
        
       | blackwater wrote:
       | Asking Jeff was not an option?
        
       | JonBonnick wrote:
       | Thanks for writing this. Loved this game, purchased from Jeff at
       | a computer show or other in London. #FFFF is 65,535 BTW, not
       | 65,532. Great to finally learn how fast-loader etc worked.
        
       | cmrdporcupine wrote:
       | I'm always blown away by how good the frame rates are in classic
       | Jeff Minter games, vs what other people were doing on the same
       | hardware.
       | 
       | I don't recall playing any of these games back in the day, but
       | looking at videos now, they're fantastic.
       | 
       | These days I follow him on YouTube and Mastodon mainly for videos
       | and photos of his pet sheep and llama.
        
         | acegopher wrote:
         | Do you have links to his Mastodon and YouTube? Would love to
         | follow him as well.
        
           | cmrdporcupine wrote:
           | https://www.youtube.com/@stinkyox
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           | https://toot.wales/@llamasoft_ox
           | 
           | (Watching other people raise sheep on TV is dangerous,
           | because if my wife sees them she will want some of her own
           | and next thing you know we'll be putting in fences and barns
           | and I will have 5x as many chores and responsibilities and
           | vet bills..)
        
       | smeagull wrote:
       | I never understood anything that was happening in that game.
        
         | prenoob wrote:
         | neither did i but the speed was mesmerizing
        
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