Interview with Tom Spencer-Smith, Westwood

[brookesxx]

After playing Ren again since last year (thanks Rencorner for keeping it alive!). I went through the credits to see the smart people that made the game and found Tom listed - multiplayer programmer. I contacted him to thank him for such a great game. He also kindly answered a few questions for me. If you are interested I posted here on the resurrected Ren Forums.

https://www.renegadeforums.com/index.php?t=msg&th=41285&start=0&

I could have asked so much but narrowed it down and got some unexpected nuggets. 
 

See you in-game!

[Manuel857]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Joetorp]

Thanks Brookes!  I'll bet he was surprised to learn it is still around.  How many video games are still around after 22 years?

[Itai795]

2 hours ago, Joetorp said:

Thanks Brookes!  I'll bet he was surprised to learn it is still around.  How many video games are still around after 22 years?

Obviously not a lot, but definitely there are video games that they are still played and maintained by their communities. I heard Doom (1993) still gets new mods, Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) keeps getting unofficial patches and content. Most if not all the other C&C games. It's not as uncommon as you might think.

Edited March 10, 2024 by Itai795

[Goztow]

Only the best games get endless love from the community. 

[Joetorp]

On 3/10/2024 at 1:22 PM, Itai795 said:

Obviously not a lot, but definitely there are video games that they are still played and maintained by their communities. I heard Doom (1993) still gets new mods, Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) keeps getting unofficial patches and content. Most if not all the other C&C games. It's not as uncommon as you might think.

I am not surprised that the C&C games are still around, and Doom also.  They were all good games.