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A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:44 am
by 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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Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:56 pm
by Transient
tl;dr
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:45 pm
by scared?
lol what a dipshit...
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:09 pm
by 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.
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:22 pm
by obsidian
LOL I played that game. I wonder if he ever got a reply letter.
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:26 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
No, it said 'Hi John. Fuck u. Get a haircut.'
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:59 pm
by Mogul
"...and do something about those crossed eyes, motherfucker."
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:23 pm
by feedback
Did Jordan Mechner do the 3d PoP games? The last game I played of his was PoP2, which was fucking amazing.
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:13 pm
by MKJ
Dont think so. Pop2 was amazing, as was SoT and Two Thrones. WW, Forgotten Sands and the old 3D not so much
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:32 pm
by Don Carlos
I liked forgotten sands
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:31 pm
by feedback
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:
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:59 pm
by 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.
Re: A letter from John Romero
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:12 am
by MKJ
feedback wrote: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:
me too.