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ANTIC Interview 66 - Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash
ANTIC Interview 66 - Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash
Peter Liepa was co-creator and programmer of Boulder Dash and Boulder Dash 2 for the Atari computers. Boulder Dash was published by First Star Software in 1984 and is regarded as a seminal game for the Atari 8-bit machines.
This interview took place on June 16, 2015
Teaser quotes:
“I sat there playing these games and the idea of ‘I can do this’ or ‘I can build one of these’ welled up in my head.”
“All of the pleasure of this project was in developing the game. I got very little pleasure out of the business aspect of it.”
LINKS
Peter's web site
2005 interview with Peter
2011 interview with Peter
10-line BASIC Boulderdash clone
Peter Liepa was co-creator and programmer of Boulder Dash and Boulder Dash 2 for the Atari computers. Boulder Dash was published by First Star Software in 1984 and is regarded as a seminal game for the Atari 8-bit machines.
This interview took place on June 16, 2015
Teaser quotes:
“I sat there playing these games and the idea of ‘I can do this’ or ‘I can build one of these’ welled up in my head.”
“All of the pleasure of this project was in developing the game. I got very little pleasure out of the business aspect of it.”
LINKS
Peter's web site
2005 interview with Peter
2011 interview with Peter
10-line BASIC Boulderdash clone
Released:
Jul 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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