Comment: Re:Transcription. (Score 1) 183
Who doesn't?
Comment: Still waiting on Commander Keen Source (Score 5, Interesting) 210
I emailed Carmack in '06 about releasing the source code to Commander Keen, and I got this reply:
We sort of lost the source code to most of the early games, or I would have released them long ago.
When I emailed Romero about it, he replied:
Yes, I have the source but have to figure out if all of it is complete and buildable. I think it is from the last time I checked it out a year ago or so. And it's 99% coded in C with a couple asm routines.
I emailed Carmack back saying Romero had the code, and I emailed Romero back saying Carmack wanted to release it.
Never heard back from either one
Comment: Re:Slow news day? (Score 1) 395
I feel so old now
Comment: Re:I used to love this game... (Score 1) 152
I emailed Carmack in '06 about it as well, and got this response:
We sort of lost the source code to most of the early games, or I
would have released them long ago.
John Carmack
I got in touch with rome.ro and pretty much went through the same whole go-round and nothing came of it. So sad.
Comment: Re:E-mail address (Score 1) 327
rick.@..@/..org
The 64% Violent Pacman 435
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from the hah dept.
from the hah dept.
DreamWinkle writes "During the recent Senate hearings on video game violence, one expert claimed that the ESRB underrated violent games. They went on to say that Pacman was 64% violent. To some, this means you shouldn't play Pacman; to others, it highlights what's wrong with Senate hearings. Whether a game is violent or not depends on how you classify violence, and the ESRB has the job of doing just that. They're not regulated by the government, they let the game makers recommend their own ratings, and don't play every game they rate. Is the ESRB to be trusted?"