Sabertooth Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Den of Geek posted a terrific interview with Howard Scott Warshaw, programmer of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Yars' Revenge and E.T. for the Atari 2600. HSW shares his insights on the development process for E.T., the North American video game crash and the very different management styles of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and former Atari CEO, Ray Kassar. He also shared some reflections on the recent documentary Atari: Game Over and what it's meant to him personally. Check it out at: http://www.denofgeek.com/games/howard-scott-warshaw/33708/howard-scott-warshaw-on-creating-et-and-atari-game-over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 "Yeah. See, Pac-Man was just as big a problem as E.T. in a lot of ways."I love this quote. It's absolutely true. The problem with Pac Man was, it made you think the 2600 itself stunk. Is this the best this machine can do? Blech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 "Yeah. See, Pac-Man was just as big a problem as E.T. in a lot of ways." I love this quote. It's absolutely true. The problem with Pac Man was, it made you think the 2600 itself stunk. Is this the best this machine can do? Blech. thats a real good point rick. atari made it a 2k game when they didn't need to, even 4k would have been a lot better VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Loved that interview @atarilbc. HSW is my favorite Atari programmer. One of my favorite Atari adventure games is Raiders of the Lost Ark, and that doesn't get talked about as much as ET or Yars' when it comes to HSW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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