Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
While it's not a good port, it was still impressive on a technical level. Especially when you consider it was basically done from scratch in about 10 weeks
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Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/rebecca-heineman-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.fFNu.yV23v_2fWCgLcross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/31080853
YT video about a Doom port she programmed back then
While it's not a good port, it was still impressive on a technical level. Especially when you consider it was basically done from scratch in about 10 weeks
RIP