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Source Code Archival in early Game Developement

At what point did computing go from mainly performance- and functionality-oriented to security-oriented? Why?

Back in the late 1980s, how was commercial software for 8-bit home computers developed?

Why were 3D games on the Amiga not faster than on similar 16 bit systems like the Atari ST

Why Game controllers changed from righthanded to lefthanded?

Could a single NES ROM cartridge run on both PAL and NTSC systems?

How similar were the X68000 and Capcom CP system?

What was the difference between a Games Console and a Home Computer?

Are later 68000 variants backward compatible with earlier ones?

Membrane keyboard robustness

How were individual bit planes scrolled on the Amiga (OCS)?

Why did Pokémon Red have so many overflow bugs?

Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?

When did game consoles begin including FPUs?

Preventing socketed chip corrosion?

Why weren't discrete x86 CPUs ever used in game hardware?

Why not constant linear velocity floppies?

Is the N64 incapable of 2D graphics?

Why is the ColecoVision AC adapter so big?

Why does the ZX80 not produce a steady display signal?

How was early randomness generated?

What's with the name "EmotionEngine"?

When did README files start showing up in software?

How were arcade games developed?

What are the best file formats for backup & emulation of retro game CDs? And why?

Did many programs really store years as two characters (Y2K bug)?

Every single ROM in my collection has the wrong SHA1 hash according to No-Intros

Why did the MS-DOS API choose software interrupts for its interface?

What are all the fixed addresses of AmigaOS?

Why not make more use of the video generation logic?