Episode 292 — Elite British Gaming

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Michael and Michael welcome to this episode occasional host Andy Piper and special guest Mark Moxon for an amazing trip down memory lane replete with assembly language references for a conversation about Mark’s lockdown project documenting the source code for Elite on the BBC Micro.  A fascinating look at the amazing creativity and user experience innovation rendered into 32K code running on a BBC Micro with many lessons for current developers.   Don’t miss this episode!

Selected Links

BBC Micro Elite source code — https://www.bbcelite.com 

Acorn Computers — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers 

BBC Micro — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro 

Elite — http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2484 

Elite Dangerous — https://www.elitedangerous.com/seasons/elite-dangerous/ 

Mark Moxon — https://www.markmoxon.com 

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About Michael Martine

Michael is a co-founder and co-host of Games at Work as well as a dad, Tar Heel, sousaphone player and martial artist whose interests include quantum physics, neuroscience, philosophy, music, LEGO, patenting and game technology used for business.

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