Open Apple #56 + Gemstone Warrior
Peter Lount Interview & Gameplay – Side by Side

00:00 Intro

Pre-interview chat

• 00:40 Quinn’s Computer History Museum visit
• 03:20 Viral Gemstone Warrior boot video

06:44 Peter’s reaction to the viral video

07:54 How Gemstone Warrior began

10:13 Graphics & scrolling engine

12:38 Getting signed by SSI

13:38 Gemstone Healer sequel

15:51 First exposure to Apple II

24:37 Depth of story and world-building

26:48 Later optimizations

30:49 Bugs, performance, sales success

33:53 Piracy & copy protection

37:27 Career after Gemstone

48:21 Thoughts on FPGAs and 6502 today

53:56 Original design documents

58:02 Advice to modern developers

1:00:20 Interview wrap-up

Post-interview

• 1:16:00 News segment
• 1:19:00 Listener feedback
• 1:23:46 Final outro