+ = ? I think [the] Macintosh accomplished everything we set out to do and more, even though it reaches most people these days as Windows. — Andy Hertzfeld (original Apple Macintosh systems programmer), 1994 When rumors first began to circulate early in 1991 that IBM and Apple were involved […]
SimCity – DarkwyndPT takes a look at multiple versions of Sim City in this BIG review!
And again we’re going to take a look at not just a true classic game, but also a highly influential title that helped define an entire genre, spawned several clones and influenced several other titles. I’m talking about the one and only SimCity. SimCity is a simulation/managerial game developed by […]
Doing Windows, Part 8: The Outsiders
Microsoft Windows 3.0’s conquest of the personal-computer marketplace was bad news for a huge swath of the industry. On the software side, companies like Lotus and WordPerfect, only recently so influential that it was difficult to imagine a world that didn’t include them, would never regain the clout they had […]
Doing Windows, Part 6: Look and Feel
From left, Dan Fylstra of VisiCorp, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Gary Kildall of Digital Research in 1984. As usual, Gates looks rumpled, high-strung, and vaguely tortured, while Kildall looks polished, relaxed, and self-assured. (Which of these men would you rather chat with at a party?) Pictures like these perhaps […]