PC-Man and The Spark Of Childhood Wonder
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Teenager Greg Kuperberg wrote three fast-action arcade games for the IBM-PC in 1982 and 1983 (an almost impossible of feat at the time) and then took another path. In this rare examination o…
  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Fun article, but small correction:

    David Snider’s Centipede clone: Serpentine

    Serpentine is no way a centipede clone, but it -is- a great game, and relatively unique. It might be thought of as the super-enhanced, spiritual successor of “snake.”

    Anyone who hasn’t played it, you missed one of the greats, but you can always try out a free browser version. Archive.Org and others will get you started there.