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Martin Vindahl
@mvindahl.com

I remember the magazines listing code but more than that I remember copying pirated games on cassette tape (initially) and aptly named 5 1/4 floppy disks. And also writing my own games in BASIC, mostly slow, mostly unplayable.

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Martin Vindahl
@mvindahl.com

Then: final cartridge and being able to peek into the code of games. Figuring out how to make my little sprite invincible, learning the tricks of the machine code and the audio chip and the video chip.

Martin Vindahl
@mvindahl.com

Challenging myself to create fast programs and pushing the limits for no other reasons than the machine being available and, for its age, capable. Finding communities of like minded people. Fun times.