Comment How I got my start (Score 2) 119
I had that old 'Creepy Computer Games' book. I still might somewhere - I think I saw it in a box a couple of years ago.
That's really what got me excited about computers, and I remember being amazed that I could make the magic box do what I wanted it to.
I had so much fun playing Zork on my Sanyo MBC-555, that being able to actually make the computer do what I wanted, and to write my 'own' games on it, was just astounding.
I might have to go through it again. I doubt re-writing the behavior now would be more than a short exercise, but it might be interesting to see how it goes trying to translate them.