ANTIC Interview 66 - Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash - a podcast by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold

from 2015-07-26T07:00

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Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash


 


Peter Liepa was co-creator and programmer of Boulder Dash and Boulder Dash 2 for the Atari computers. Boulder Dash was published by First Star Software in 1984 and is regarded as a seminal game for the Atari 8-bit machines.


 


This interview took place on June 16, 2015


 


Teaser quotes:


“I sat there playing these games and the idea of ‘I can do this’ or ‘I can build one of these’ welled up in my head.”


 


“All of the pleasure of this project was in developing the game. I got very little pleasure out of the business aspect of it.”


 


LINKS


Peter's web site


2005 interview with Peter


2011 interview with Peter


10-line BASIC Boulderdash clone

Further episodes of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Further podcasts by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold

Website of Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold