A letter from John Romero

[Eraser]

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

[scared?]

lol what a dipshit...

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

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.

[obsidian]

LOL I played that game. I wonder if he ever got a reply letter.

[GONNAFISTYA]

No, it said 'Hi John. Fuck u. Get a haircut.'

[Mogul]

"...and do something about those crossed eyes, motherfucker."

[feedback]

Did Jordan Mechner do the 3d PoP games? The last game I played of his was PoP2, which was fucking amazing.

[MKJ]

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

[Don Carlos]

I liked forgotten sands

[feedback]

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:

[feedback]

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.

[MKJ]

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:

me too.