From Jordan Mechner's diary of the development of Prince of Persia (POP was originally coded in 6502 Assembler. It took him four years). Reading Jordan's full diary will take you at least eight hours but it is well worth it.
> We chatted for an hour about peripherally related topics. Broderbund, corporate America, the rat race, capitalism, freedom. I was seducing him.
At the critical psychological moment, I remarked: "You know, all my clipping is done on the byte boundaries."
> We chatted for an hour about peripherally related topics. Broderbund, corporate America, the rat race, capitalism, freedom. I was seducing him.
At the critical psychological moment, I remarked: "You know, all my clipping is done on the byte boundaries."
There was a pause
http://jordanmechner.com/old-journals/page/33/
April 3, 1989