That was awesome, Chris! And no, there isn't, and probably never will be, anything like this in my area. The closest thing I saw here was a "Star Trek expo," which seemed more like an exclusive "user group" where I felt like I didn't belong.
I think Matt is onto something, though. The Atari homebrew scene does have significant advantages over the programmers of the old days in the form of dev tools, community, information, and technology. What they DON'T have, though, is significant financial incentive or competition, nor will they get significant recognition from a historical perspective. It is the sheer love of the act of programming a game that they do it!
And that's great, but in a way, it's also a bit sad that these talented programmers of today will never get the recognition they richly deserve outside of the homebrew community.
That was awesome, Chris! And no, there isn't, and probably never will be, anything like this in my area. The closest thing I saw here was a "Star Trek expo," which seemed more like an exclusive "user group" where I felt like I didn't belong.
I think Matt is onto something, though. The Atari homebrew scene does have significant advantages over the programmers of the old days in the form of dev tools, community, information, and technology. What they DON'T have, though, is significant financial incentive or competition, nor will they get significant recognition from a historical perspective. It is the sheer love of the act of programming a game that they do it!
And that's great, but in a way, it's also a bit sad that these talented programmers of today will never get the recognition they richly deserve outside of the homebrew community.
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