Re: Apple // Game Gods

[roby@h2net.net (Roby Sherman)]

In article <5488l7$g6@borg.svpal.org>, Paul Creager wrote:
>> - Ken or Roberta Williams as a member of Sierra
>
>I certainly would _NOT_ invite them.  Although Sierra got its start on 
>Apple II's, they were one of the first to drop II development, and Ken 
>Williams went so far as to bad-mouth the Apple II.  

This is true. On more than one occasion I have heard Ken Williams bad mouth
the Apple ][. I remember talking to him about some Helicopter game that 
they were trying to port to the GS. He told me that it would never be ported 
because :

1> The GS was too slow (In other words they didn't want to write native code)
2> They could not see supporting a platform with such an insignifigant
   market share. This was in the late 80's when the Apple II market was still
   quite large, signifigant, and popular.


Don't invite them.

--Roby
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