Testing #BarrenPlanet wasn't an afterthought. After more than two years of development, I needed to make sure that the game worked. Sure I could put patches online, but this is a 1980s style game, and I wanted to go with a 1980s approach of getting it right before launch. I discuss the testing process in a blog post at http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/200/barren-planet-putting-it-to-the-test #gamedev #ibmpc #msdos #cga