Sidewinder
Hey look what Jonathan found! Back in 1986 we worked together with Hayes Haugen on a fun shoot-em-up game for the Amiga called Sidewinder. It was a moderate hit. Hayes and I coded and Jonathan did the in-game artwork. This is a scan of the retail box Sidewinder was packaged in.
Good times. Now Jonathan and I are reunited on another venture but I’ll save that for later post.
kimo said,
December 11, 2006 @ 3:52 am
i played in this game with amiga when I was younger, It was very exciting! What to remember it!
did you program it?
Kimo
Darrin said,
December 11, 2006 @ 3:55 pm
Yep, along with Hayes Haugen. It’s gratifying that someone out there remembers Sidewinder even after all these years.
Jay said,
December 14, 2006 @ 11:51 am
jesus, I loved SideWinder. Next to SWIV2 and R-Type 2 it was a pinnacle shooter. Had no idea it was *that* old either. Yea. Good, good game.
Mark said,
February 19, 2007 @ 10:03 am
I never played Sidewinder. Will it run in an emulator today? I bought my new quad-core system for one reason: SIDEWINDER!
And I assume you got a juicy payoff when Microsoft named their joystick after your game. Nice one.