05-03-2019, 03:33 AM
Video: The Paperboy Classic Game Postmortem
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/video-the-paperboy-classic-game-postmortem.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Last month at GDC 2019 veteran game maker John Salwitz (<em>Paperboy, </em><em>Rampart</em>, <em>Klax</em>) delivered a fantastic postmortem of Atari’s 1985 arcade classic <em>Paperboy</em>. </p>
<p>Salwitz helped design <em>Paperboy, </em>and in the course of his hour-long talk he walked the audience through the development process that culminated in the creation of a modern classic.</p>
<p>He also shed light on what it was like to work at Atari in the ’80s, and dug into the nuts and bolts of everything from designing the <em>Paperboy </em>map screen to setting the arcade cabinets up for manufacturing and distribution.</p>
<p>It was a fantastic talk about the science and art of creating a classic, and now you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MREsJsRZqu0">watch the whole thing for free </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHj7-kROoo">on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/video-the-paperboy-classic-game-postmortem.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Last month at GDC 2019 veteran game maker John Salwitz (<em>Paperboy, </em><em>Rampart</em>, <em>Klax</em>) delivered a fantastic postmortem of Atari’s 1985 arcade classic <em>Paperboy</em>. </p>
<p>Salwitz helped design <em>Paperboy, </em>and in the course of his hour-long talk he walked the audience through the development process that culminated in the creation of a modern classic.</p>
<p>He also shed light on what it was like to work at Atari in the ’80s, and dug into the nuts and bolts of everything from designing the <em>Paperboy </em>map screen to setting the arcade cabinets up for manufacturing and distribution.</p>
<p>It was a fantastic talk about the science and art of creating a classic, and now you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MREsJsRZqu0">watch the whole thing for free </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHj7-kROoo">on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</p>
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