Hi,
I manage a PC gaming website but my history was founded in Atari 8-bit gaming. I wrote a series of articles on 8-bit gaming a couple of years ago but I've just written something new on the Atari: a more personal look back at what progamming was actually like. It might bring back memories for anyone who grew up with an Atari 800 in the home. Here it is if you're interested:
Learning Curve
In time, we got a disk drive and no longer had to endure the disgrace and danger of storing programs on tape. I also took on the challenge of machine language, becoming astonished at how much code you needed to accomplish, like, anything. I worked on small routines in machine language and made edits to games directly on disk to give them more lives or, even better, infinite lives.
Thanks all,
Joel (HM)
