ANTIC Interview 47 - David Kano, Hex-A-Bug

Published: May 23, 2015, 7 a.m.

David Kano, Hex-A-Bug

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David Kano wrote the Hex-A-Bug debugger which was published by Atari Program Exchange. He also wrote two educational software titles for the Atari: Monkey See Monkey Spell, and Don\u2019t Shoot That Word, which were both published by Hayden Software.

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This interview was conducted March 24 2015.

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Teaser quotes:

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\u201cI remember when I showed them the finished product they said \u2018That\u2019s great, except the monkey is too realistic. It\u2019s too scary. Kids will be scared of that monkey.\u2019\u201d

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\u201cIt was back in the day, when they were so desperate for programmers, they were taking anybody that seemed like they might be smart enough to learn how to do it. And then you learned on the job.\u201d

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LINKS

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Hex-A-Bug in APX catalog

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David\u2019s Blog