A Great Old Timey Game Programming Hack (2013)
I've read this story before (likely on one of the two occasions linked) but I enjoyed reading it again.<p>I don't know how accessibly it is to the young guns today but one thing this story manages to elicit very well is the general zeitgeist I experienced myself during those days. Mind you, I was never as advanced a programmer as the author and his friend were. But the description of "facing a problem caused by the restricted architecture of the machine your working on, the puzzle-like search for a work-around, and simply just having the <i>spare time</i> to dedicate to a project" are memories I know very well too.<p>Unfortunately, this feeling really <i>is</i> a memory. Coding has changed so much since the days of the 6502 or 6509, it's a completely different ball game. That's why I wrote above, I don't know if those who haven't been there can relate to the story very much, other than it reading like a peculiarity. But it sure is a nice -- and even suspenseful! -- read for an old-timer like me.