Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: "Steve Tolin" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: How did you get started??? Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 23:16:45 -0400 Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 22 Message-ID: <6ie2e7$edu1@scea> References: <354a636a.1323252@news.scea.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sud-tcs1-port23.vianet.on.ca X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 I was actually trying to learn to develop games for the PC. But with the hundreds of different hardware manufacturers for the PC I found it almost impossible to write something that would work on any machine out there. Instead of concentrating on the actual game I found I spent more time learning dev tools that stick around for a couple moths then something new and improved comes up. (DirectX, OpenGL, Glide) Realizing my frustrations I tried searching for a console to program for with dedicated hardware that would never change. That was the definite selling point for me. After realizing that pro dev kit cost more than a brand new car, I knew the Yaroze was for me. And that's a little story of how a Northern boy starts into video game programming!!! Steve Tolin titan@vianet.on.ca >What's your story??? :)