Halcyon Days (book)
Subject | Software Development |
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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.[1][4] The book continued to be sold by Dr. Dobb's Journal, on a CD-ROM also containing Susan Lammers's Programmers at Work,[5] until Dr. Dobb's shut down at the end of 2014.
The introduction to Halcyon Days is written by John Romero [6] who told Wired News the interviews were "like hearing messages from old gods."[7]
Halcyon Days has since become a common reference for writings on game history, including Racing the Beam (MIT Press, 2009),[8] and Retrogame Archeology (Springer, 2016).[9]
Interviewees
- Ed Averett (Magnavox Odyssey²)
- Danielle Bunten Berry (M.U.L.E., The Seven Cities of Gold)
- Stephen C. Biggs
- Adam Billyard
- Bill Budge (Raster Blaster, Pinball Construction Set)
- Chris Crawford (Wizard, Scram, Eastern Front, Legionnaire, Patton Versus Rommel)
- Steve DeFrisco
- David Fox (Rescue on Fractalus!)
- Jon Freeman & Anne Westfall
- Gary Gilbertson
- Marc Goodman (The Bilestoad)
- Dan Gorlin (Choplifter)
- Tom Griner
- Steve Hales (Fort Apocalypse)
- John Harris
- Eugene Jarvis
- David Lubar
- Scott Ludwig
- Archer MacLean
- Jeff Minter
- Brian Moriarty
- Doug Neubauer (Solaris, Star Raiders)
- Philip Price
- Warren Robinett
- Ed Rotberg (Battlezone, Blasteroids, S.T.U.N. Runner)
- Warren Schwader (Sammy Lightfoot)
- Paul Shirley (Spindizzy)
- Tim Skelly
See also
References
- 1 2 The full HTML Halcyon Days book
- ↑ Classic Gaming review
- ↑ Accidental Innovation, Part 2
- ↑ "Halcyon Days now online," Atari Age forums, 2002
- ↑ Erickson, Jonathan (August 1, 1998). "Lessons Learned". Dr. Dobb's Journal.
- ↑ "John Romero's .plan". Blue's News. February 1997.
- ↑ Alderman, John. "Fan Captures History of Games' Early Creators". Wired News (archive.org). Archived from the original on October 24, 2012.
- ↑ Bogost, Ian (March 31, 2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. MIT Press. p. 160. ISBN 0-262-01257-X.
- ↑ Aycock, John (2016). Retrogame Archeology: Exploring Old Computer Games. Springer. p. 14. ISBN 978-3319300023.