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Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A bug which was later fixed by Raymond Chen.

The pinball game itself was licensed from Cinematronics/Maxis Full Tilt! Pinball, which had two additional tables as well as a sequel, both of which I still have on CD somewhere because I am a gigantic nerd.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Maxis: license game which would be available on the most popular and beloved OS of all time; along with making several iconic games around that time period

also Maxis: "we should sell out to EA"

Literally everyone: ????