I've been recoding old games for over a decade now. Currently creating new code for Twilight Zone, but only in the virtual world. Check out my YouTube channel for a decades worth of work adding new ideas to old games - https://www.youtube.com/user/VirtuaPinball.
But here's the switch, I'm not obsessed with money, I've dedicated the last 12 years of my free time creating incredible pinball experiences, all for the pure love of it. Always pushing pinball forward with new innovations and new ideas, most of which you're all enjoying in your games today. Jersey Jack was following me on FB while he was still a distributor.....wonder where he got the idea of the backglass LCD screen that plays movies clips from?
To be a master coder, does take about a decade to learn. But you also have to be a master of sound design, lighting, story-telling....a coder doesn't just code....they produce magic.
I'm a massive movie fan, so great Film Directors are my biggest inspiration when I'm working on a project - which is why my games are so immersive. I recoded Dracula, Ghostbusters, Transformers, 24, POTC, Spider-man, Batman, Iron Man, Tron, Star Trek, T2...all offering a totally new immersive experience.
My code in Stern's Indiana Jones would blow your mind.
Not sure there's anyone in the real world with the skill or experience to recode big hitters like TZ, TAF or Indiana Jones. If you think you're already playing the best code in these old games.....you really need to think again.