18 Jun
2007
18 Jun
'07
7:52 a.m.
On 6/18/07, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
Actually, I see a lot more Z80-based games than 6502
or 68000. Ready
supplies and familiarity with most contemporary programmers, I would expect.
Not that there aren't surfeits of 6502 and 68K games, of course.
Sure. I think the 6502 was heavily favored by Atari (for obvious
reasons) and not many other vendors. The 6809 (Defender, et al.) was,
I think, more popular; but I agree, the Z-80 was exceedingly popular.
It was powerful, inexpensive, and there were lots of folks with lots
of experience to make code that performed well. There were plenty of
8080-based games in the black-and-white era, as well - those were the
vendors that moved up to the Z-80 later.
-ethan