Re: Pleasantly Surprised By Defender of the Crown (IIgs)

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

> As an aside: apparently the SNES was an absolute *PIG* to develop for,
> which is where there is absolutely *NO* homebrew scene for it today.
>
> Interestingly the homebrew NES, A2600 scenes are active and from what
> I've seen of those platforms - the SNES must've been really, really,
> *REALLY* horrible to program for!!!

I think the 2600 is pretty hardcore to get something good done on it. I
think it needs a special kind of programmer to write a technical and
commercial hit like like Pitfall or River Raid for it.

Most 2600-homebrewers seem to like the challenge to get something done
on it at all. The SNES is of course a much better equipped machine -
therefore this challenge isn't really existant.

Frankly I don't know if there is a SNES-scene or not - but I surely
have never seen any kind of documentation for it on the net (apart from
some photos of the internals). This may have to do with it.

bye
Marcus