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Applewin emulation speed control11/13/2023 ![]() ![]() I found a game publisher named Keypunch Software in Brad McGehee’s book Programmer’s Market 1986. It wasn’t until 1987 that I decided to see if I could get Subnodule wider distribution. I didn’t sell many copies, but I’ve received emails from people who bought it from that store and loved it. I created a ziploc baggie-style cardboard cover with printed instructions inside, shrink-wrapped it and put it on the shelves. While there, the owner, Howard Paull, allowed me to sell the game on consignment. I got a job selling software at a retailer named Software Centre on Highland Drive across from Cottonwood Mall. In 1985, I graduated high school and moved from my home in Needingworth, England to Salt Lake City, Utah to live with my biological father. The core of this game is piloting a sub and picking up nodules. That’s the episode where the Horta is trying to protect its eggs, called silicon nodules. What would I call these things you picked up? Randomly, the Star Trek episode Devil in the Dark popped into my head. How would a player complete a level? Maybe picking up something while you’re shooting at sea creatures is the answer. ![]() I visualized how the game should look in action, the screen outrageously busy with lots of enemies, shots and nodules accompanied by a cornucopia of sound. I wanted to make sure the player could really fire a ton of shots and not just one at a time (like Cavern Crusader, written earlier that year). Initial instinct was to have new sea creatures introduced every level, and you would pilot a submarine that fired across the screen at them. I asked my girlfriend Jennifer what kind of game I should write, and she said “Something with fishies!” Into my mind, the wonderful memories of John Anderson’s Apple II version of Sea Dragon appeared, and I loved the idea of making an underwater game. ![]() In December, I was ready to start writing another game after having finished Alien Attack IV in all 6502 assembly. The year was 1984, and I was a senior in high school. ![]()
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