I'm proud to say that Part Two of my "memoir" is a Featured Post on Gamasutra: 1981. Many computer games were home-grown and distributed on audio cassette tapes stuffed in plastic sandwich bags with sparse photocopied instructions. Four years out of college and needing a job, I wondered -- Is anyone making money doing this? Continue reading on Gamasutra... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my memories... Growing up in a world with three TV channels and paper mail... My years writing some of the earliest 8-bit games (CRISIS MOUNTAIN, DINO EGGS, SHORT CIRCUIT)... And now reviving my best-selling game as DINO EGGS: REBIRT
In 1976, I took the only computer course I would ever take. I got a “D,” the worst grade I would ever get. Five years later, I was making my living writing home computer games, and would continue to do so for the next nine years. You understand –– my story begins before the Internet, before Windows, before Apple. Continue reading on Gamasutra... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my memories... Growing up in a world with three TV channels and paper mail... My years writing some of the earliest 8-bit games (CRISIS MOUNTAIN, DINO EGGS, SHORT CIRCUIT)... And now reviving my best-selling game as DINO EGGS: REBIRTH.
DINO EGGS: REBIRTH supports these methods of input: Keyboard XBox Controllers Many other game controllers that are on this list Any exotic game controller not listed above by using either General Arcade's GamePad Tool -- or JoyToKey. More information on these options below. If you have a game controller other than XBox, you can make it work. First, see if the game recognizes it as it is: With the controller properly installed and plugged into your computer, launch DINO EGGS: REBIRTH. While viewing the title page of the game, try to use your controller to move around in the menu. If it works, your controller is compatible, and you're all set. If it doesn't, you can get it to work using eit
Here is a great comparison between the original Dino Eggs on Commodore 64 and the re-creation of "Dino Eggs: Classic" within the new upcoming product "Dino Eggs: Rebirth." This comparison was contributed by Marc Palms, who has also translated the new game into German. Thank you, Marc! ================================================================= The game is easier to control now [in Dino Eggs: Rebirth]: The controls are much more fluent now, they used to be pretty notchy on the C64 -- Eric's game feels great! Because of the C64's one-button-controller, collecting eggs (push button while pulling joystick back) was more difficult and you could not do it while running -- now you can. The t
Here's the official press release for DINO EGGS: REBIRTH on Gamasutra: http://t.co/cRFUcfLYJr
