S3E021 – Generating Fake Bytes

Stop. Collaborate. Listen. Dave’s back with a brand new session! This week we’ve got Mike Mika in the digital studio to talk about game development, preservation, and highly unorthodox programming techniques.

This is real programming

2:00 – Mike introduces himself and the studios Other Ocean and Digital Eclipse

3:10 – Early Years

6:05 – “This is what they use to make video games”

16:40 – “When did you know you wanted to make games for a living?”

19:20 – The C64 Hacking Scene

26:15 – Mike’s First CES

34:50 – Getting out of the Jaguar hole

41:00 – Video Game History Foundation

49:35 – The Game Boy Business