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ANTIC Interview 112 - Paul Lewandowski, APX Puzzler
ANTIC Interview 112 - Paul Lewandowski, APX Puzzler
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jan 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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Paul Lewandowski, APX Puzzler
Paul Lewandowski was in high school when he wrote Puzzler, which was published by Atari Program Exchange and won the Atari Star Award in fall 1983: first prize in the learning category.
Puzzler is a game that shows you a picture on the screen, chops it into equally sized squares, and scrambles them. Then, the player uses the joystick to try to put the picture back together - like one of those plastic puzzles where you slide numbers around to put them in order. Puzzler had three difficulty levels: 4x4 was easy, 8x8 was hard, and 10x10 was “insane”.
This interview took place on December 9, 2015
Teaser quote:
“The whole thing was such a great idea ... having users write programs. It was so ahead of its time.”
Links
APX catalog featuring Puzzler
Puzzler download at AtariArchives.org
Paul on Twitter
Paul Lewandowski was in high school when he wrote Puzzler, which was published by Atari Program Exchange and won the Atari Star Award in fall 1983: first prize in the learning category.
Puzzler is a game that shows you a picture on the screen, chops it into equally sized squares, and scrambles them. Then, the player uses the joystick to try to put the picture back together - like one of those plastic puzzles where you slide numbers around to put them in order. Puzzler had three difficulty levels: 4x4 was easy, 8x8 was hard, and 10x10 was “insane”.
This interview took place on December 9, 2015
Teaser quote:
“The whole thing was such a great idea ... having users write programs. It was so ahead of its time.”
Links
APX catalog featuring Puzzler
Puzzler download at AtariArchives.org
Paul on Twitter
Released:
Jan 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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