ANTIC Interview 66 - Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash

Published: July 26, 2015, 7 a.m.

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Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash

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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.

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This interview took place on June 16, 2015

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Teaser quotes:

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\\u201cI sat there playing these games and the idea of \\u2018I can do this\\u2019 or \\u2018I can build one of these\\u2019 welled up in my head.\\u201d

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\\u201cAll of the pleasure of this project was in developing the game. I got very little pleasure out of the business aspect of it.\\u201d

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LINKS

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Peter\'s web site

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2005 interview with Peter

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2011 interview with Peter

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10-line BASIC Boulderdash clone

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