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Jason Scott
I acquired (with help) a killer audio cassette digitizing rig, and then IMMEDIATELY had to spend over 2 months digitizing 90+ cassettes from the 1999 Game Developers Conference (via a slow-and-steady workflow that got the job done without being too disruptive to any other work I was doing). So, here we are, it's done. Go enjoy 70+ hours of presentations about all aspects of game making and producing, in 1999. https://archive.org/details/1999_Game_Developers_Conference_Audio 31 comments
Jessie Nabein
@textfiles What bits of hardware are in your audio digitization setup? Would love a nice list. Thanks!     
TeaDuckie
@textfiles 
Gemini6Ice
@textfiles thank you for your work. Even when itβs not material I have direct interest in, I really appreciate the effort that goes into maintaining/transforming archival
kragil
@textfiles Thanks a lot. Maybe you could have send it through something like https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance
Jason Scott
@kragil people are welcome to mess with the originals via AI but these are the non messed with versions
kragil
@textfiles ok cool! Thanks for answering. Would it be ok to share the altered (messed upπ) ones? I really donβt like the cassette tape background noise.
verb (printfJess) π¦
@textfiles Can't wait to listen to this. 1999 was a pivotal year in game development. 
James Sutherland
@textfiles Thanks so much for these. It was such a fast-moving, varied period in the industry, a few months after the release of both the Dreamcast and the Game Boy Color. Incidentally, I think the talk labelled as Scott Adams should actually be Ernest Adams.
PsychicParrot (Jeff) π·
@textfiles This is really awesome! Thanks for digitizing it and for sharing it with us all! Really awesome stuff ππ»ππ»
Jason Baker
@textfiles So cool! Circa 2001, when I was a high schooler, I bought a lot of used game development books off of eBay from a person I'm pretty sure was a professional reviewer. Lots of pre-print editions, but also, the GDC proceedings books from the late '90s. I'm so sad I don't have them anymore, but they didn't make it through the many moves one makes as a young person. Can't wait to browse this! 
bovaz
@textfiles This is absolutely fantastic. I've shared the link with a gamedev community I'm in. Some topics I'm sure will still be interesting today. |
Gregory's Server
@textfiles Some days I think you have the coolest job β¦ some days I think you have the worst job β¦ and some days (like today) I think both things at different times. Thanks for all you (and all the other worker bees) do to keep so much history from being lost to the dustbin.
The other day I stepped into my personal wayback machine and listened to some of that Kresge (K-Mart) background music.