A Look Back At Star Raiders

blacklily8 writes "Gamasutra has just published our history of Doug Neubauer's Star Raiders, a 1979 game for the Atari 8-bit that offered 'high-speed first-person perspective through a fully navigable 3D-like environment in just 8K of RAM (memory) and 8K of ROM (storage).' Designed by the creator of the Atari's POKEY chip, Star Raiders was a hit on its home platform but now seems to have fallen into obscurity: 'Star Raiders is a shining example of what happens when a developer is told that something can't be done, does it anyway, and then is promptly forgotten for having done it.' In addition to describing the game itself, the article focuses on its impact on later games such as Wing Commander, X-Wing, and Elite."

Re:First Post

[mb1]

only if you haven't loaded your mouse driver and slashdot.com into himem...

No kidding

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Star Raiders was a hit on its home platform but now seems to have fallen into obscurity

In other news, Pong was a hit on its home platform, but now seems to have fallen into obscurity.

Re:X-Wing marketing conspiracy

[Anonymous Coward]

"You know, what this article really needs is a quote from Karl Marx." ...That sounds to me exactly the same as...

"You know, what this article really needs is a quote from Mein Kampf."

Re:Glad I'm not the only one who didn't like it.

[Anonymous Coward]

It was a bad idea to assume that people might be willing to invest a couple minutes in learning how to play the game rather than poking at keys like a chimp and then giving up when a banana didn't pop out.