So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??
Quote from: Trebmint on 17:57, 12 June 13
So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??
I was ;-) All docs have been available in the mid 80ies (Z80, FDC, 8255, CRTC...). And of course I did create... but never to get rich. :) The only software I ever sold for money was FutureOS on EPROM, this was mainly for the prices of the EPROMs themselves.
I'd make sure I followed David Perry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Perry_%28game_developer%29)'s path.
From programming Trantor, Savage etc to selling his first game business for $47 million and the second for $380 million.
Not bad for someone who started out as a bedroom ZX81/Spectrum/CPC programmer.
Money is not everything in life. ;)
Quote from: TFM/FS on 19:40, 12 June 13
I was ;-)
[sarkasm]And how did you lose all your knowledge then? I find, it's time for you, to become an expert again ;) [/sarkasm]
I wouldn't bother inventing anything, but I'd be a regular Lotto player :D
Bryce.
It's questionable if I would of got to Type-in status. :laugh:
I would have written Manic Miner and then have invested all the proceeds into a fried chicken fast food outlet. If there was any change left over I would have bought the Chase HQ2 gx4000 cartridge from Trading Post.
Also I might have invented ebay, google, facebook and ratemypoo.com. That would mean everyone now would be using an AmsDos13 mobile phone
Quote from: Devilmarkus on 23:11, 12 June 13
[sarkasm]And how did you lose all your knowledge then? I find, it's time for you, to become an expert again ;) [/sarkasm]
The knowledge is not lost, just the time to explain it. Further I can't access the details in my text files (on the CPC of course). So I neither have time to answer quick questions, not do I have the time to search for it. Boiled down to a nutshell: TIME is what's all about.
Quote from: Trebmint on 17:57, 12 June 13
So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??
I'd work on a cool hardware for all CPCs and on games for it with a cool team.Rich , why ? i'd just need drugs and girls :laugh:
A Romboard featuring flashing ROMs to one chip, perchance? :D
Quote from: Trebmint on 17:57, 12 June 13
So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??
I'd have bombarded Hewson with submissions to try and get a Dave Rogers soundtrack in at least one game. I doubt that would have lead to fame and fortune though!