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PostPosted: 03-02-2012 12:44 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


When he was 17 years old, John Romero sent the letter below to Jordan Mechner for his work on a game called Karateka. Jordan Mechner would later be responsible for the Prince of Persia games. It's funny to see one gaming legend writing a letter to another gaming legend in a time when neither of them was considered to be one. At the same time though, at that age already Romero came across as rather cocky and full of himself.





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tl;dr



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lol what a dipshit...
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I had Karateka for the Apple II+. Was one of the best games out there. Completely different than Lode Runner but Lode Runner gets the edge.
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LOL I played that game. I wonder if he ever got a reply letter.



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obsidian wrote:
I wonder if he ever got a reply letter.


It said 'Hi John. Fuck u.'
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No, it said 'Hi John. Fuck u. Get a haircut.'
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Did Jordan Mechner do the 3d PoP games? The last game I played of his was PoP2, which was fucking amazing.



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Dont think so. Pop2 was amazing, as was SoT and Two Thrones. WW, Forgotten Sands and the old 3D not so much
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I liked forgotten sands :paranoid:
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MKJ wrote:
Dont think so. Pop2 was amazing, as was SoT and Two Thrones. WW, Forgotten Sands and the old 3D not so much


BTW when I say PoP2 I mean:
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but the box was bollocks

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The mac version had a much better box, (much better all around really, full-on VGA graphics mate) 6 floppies took more than an hour to install though.



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MKJ wrote:
Dont think so. Pop2 was amazing, as was SoT and Two Thrones. WW, Forgotten Sands and the old 3D not so much


BTW when I say PoP2 I mean:
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me too.
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