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Happy New Year

I’m still thinking about Chimera, but coding has slowed down massively. I’ve done very little on it of late, but have absolutely no intern of abandoning it. 2010 was just the first year I decided I want to directly make … Continue reading

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Raining Cats & Dogs

A rejection letter for one of my first games, written in BASIC on the Atari 400 in 1983, adapted from a listing somewhere and featuring four-step animation on the character. It was truly crap. Nick was being kind and I … Continue reading

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Letter from Chris Smith about Super Silver Range

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Artic Computing – Letter from Chris Thornton

This was in response to my first machine code game on the 8-bit Atari in 1983 – Storm in a Teacup (yeah, I know, I should sue!) I used a pseudonym as you can see. It didn’t last. Chris knew … Continue reading

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A Letter from Tim Langdell about Brian Bloodaxe

Tim had forgotten my first name already, after he’d contacted me to find out if I’d be interested in doing a conversion of Brian Bloodaxe to the Commodore 64. It didn’t happen in the end, he wasn’t happy to pay … Continue reading

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Extreme Atari Nostalgia

Yes, it’s been a while since I posted here. Just because I stopped working on Chimera (for a while) doesn’t mean I wasn’t going to pick it up again. While you wait for more progress on that, take a look … Continue reading

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Silly Old Git

I got back from Dubai today. Jetlagged, constipated, exhausted. I wanted to make some progress on Chimera without coding. So I got git installed using an OS X installer I found on Google Code. Others have referred to it, so … Continue reading

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Jet Set Willy C64 WTF?

Yesterday while looking for the PSU for my Parker MidiFly MIDI box (unsuccessful, so if you have any pointers, I’m all ears), I found my original, sealed copy of Jet Set Willy C64. Are you tired of me telling you … Continue reading

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Crazy, Crazy World

The world seems to have gone to hell. Countries are on the verge of collapsing, economies held together with sticky tape and Pritt stick, kids getting beaten up by police on the streets of London and Liberals turning out to … Continue reading

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What is Chimera?

I’m really understanding what this game is about now. Energy Environment Reframing the past Redemption In order for the game to be about the above list, these all have to be factored into gameplay. And that’s my challenge. The energy … Continue reading

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