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Podcast Episode #49 - Neohabitat with Steve Salevan

Habitat was one of the precursors of the modern MMORPG: in the 1980s and 1990s, it was an immersive graphical world populated by C64 users in real-time, through the Quantumlink network. AJ and Joerg talk to developer Steve Salevan about the challenges in resurrecting Habitat and why this unique chapter of computing history is important today.

Links related to this episode:

• NeoHabitat: http://neohabitat.org
• Lessons of LucasFilm's Habitat: http://www.fudco.com/chip/lessons.html

Other stuff we talked about:

• Quantumlink Reloaded: http://q-link.net
• SIDFX: http://sidfx.dk
• SIDFX CPLD Upgrade: https://www.sidfx.dk/product-page/cpld-upgrade
• FM-YAM: http://c64.xentax.com/index.php/fm-yam
• Stewart Cheifet: http://cheifet.com
• The Internet Archive: https://archive.org
• Senad Palic: https://retro.wtf
• Nintendo Anime Famicom: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvj/index.html
• Atari VCS on Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/atarivcs/x
• Intellivision Entertainment: https://www.intellivisionentertainment.com

AJ and Joerg:

• AJ in real life: http://justwestofhell.com
• AJ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/derision64
• AJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derision667/

• Joerg’s crap blog: http://nafcom.eu
• Joerg on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nafcom

... and join the Scene World fundraising teams at Extra Life and AbleGamers!

Promo by Ron Gilbert: https://thimbleweedpark.com
Intro Music by Richard Bayliss: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

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