[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.
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| 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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