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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by percept on Saturday December 13, 2014 @09:55PM (#8747303)
Reminds me of the story recently about the guy who built a game over what, ten years or so? (Can't find a link right now.)
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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by reefab on Saturday December 13, 2014 @10:07PM (#8747319)
"Babylonian twins"? Made by a Iraqi starting in the 90s.

http://obligement.free.fr/articles_traduction/itwshihab_en.p...

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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by abbeyj on Saturday December 13, 2014 @10:45PM (#8747383)
Tobias and the Dark Sceptres? http://www.tobiasgame.co.uk/
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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by percept on Sunday December 14, 2014 @08:13AM (#8748222)
Ha, no IIRC he began in college in the 90's, developing for the Windows platform, and finished it many years later, and his post documented its evolution and had the same sort of feel of working with outdated technologies, but seeing it through to the end.
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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by Lrigikithumer on Sunday December 14, 2014 @03:39AM (#8747780)
Dwarf Fortress? Who's development is ongoing?
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