{"id":105099,"date":"2026-05-27T12:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/veteran-programmer-finishes-retro-game-sequel-and-publishes-it-after-37-years-colin-porch-started-head-over-heels-home-computer-title-in-1989-but-it-was-shelved-due-to-console-pivot-tom\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:17:01","slug":"veteran-programmer-finishes-retro-game-sequel-and-publishes-it-after-37-years-colin-porch-started-head-over-heels-home-computer-title-in-1989-but-it-was-shelved-due-to-console-pivot-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/veteran-programmer-finishes-retro-game-sequel-and-publishes-it-after-37-years-colin-porch-started-head-over-heels-home-computer-title-in-1989-but-it-was-shelved-due-to-console-pivot-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years \u2014 Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot &#8211; Tom&#8217;s Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gJBVV95cUxPYl81Z0Zzc0RTekdBbklKVGphMzYzaVNzc040R1dMMzFpMjhDZ0gtMlpfQkstc052N1JyZjRHaWpoSldyemtVMWhrZFZ5c1pscUpDOV9ZUnkySVZ5alk0QkpBWG1wWXNwOF9Hc1VwWDZzY3Yxd3lMMTdTaUhMTFpyQllJTGh4anBSQ0wzaV9ZcUFLN1QybzJ0Z2ItMHVGRDZoZC1jMEpyQVI4ZThiMHFsSkxFTVZuVExfd1VYS0lfOGlxWFBWaWwtSXZDam9kSVVLZXppbDk1Zzd6U3k5SE5mX2xlZXF3MU5XN1A4cHktbk0zNzhWclY4LXQxbDFFOEdHT25NNTF0TnppVVJIUEdCaVcxaXh3cm1ndEJ0cXZZamt6OHVFTEt5ZTNjVW5sRldHRlJGYThvSEkxdjcxZnVBN1Y5MHBDNmptWHEtdUFMbWkzbi1HblE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years \u2014 Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years \u2014 Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/veteran-programmer-finishes-retro-game-sequel-and-publishes-it-after-37-years-colin-porch-started-head-over-heels-home-computer-title-in-1989-but-it-was-shelved-due-to-console-pivot-tom\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}