Halcyon Days (book)

Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers
Subject Software Development
Genre Non-fiction
Publication date
 1997

Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers is a digital book edited by James Hague and published in 1997.[1][2] The book was originally formatted using HTML and sold via mail-order, shipped on a floppy disk by Dadgum Games for USD$20.[3] In 2002 Halcyon Days was made freely available on the web.[4][5] The book continued to be sold by Dr. Dobb's Journal, on a CD-ROM also containing Susan Lammers's Programmers at Work, until Dr. Dobb's shut down at the end of 2014.[6]

The introduction to Halcyon Days was written by John Romero.[7]

Interviewees

See also

References

  1. ↑ The full HTML Halcyon Days book
  2. ↑ Classic Gaming review
  3. ↑ Accidental Innovation, Part 2
  4. ↑ Introduction to free web version
  5. ↑ "Halcyon Days now online," Atari Age forums, 2002
  6. ↑ Dr. Dobb's Journal CD-ROM Library from SD Media Group
  7. ↑ John Romero's .plan file, March 24, 1997

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