Re: "Mr. Apple Head"?

[datawiz <rich.martin@gmail.com>]

On Jun 1, 11:43 am, Gordon Schumacher <gordon.schumac...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Once upon a time, long ago... there was a game written for the Apple ]
> [ called "Mr. Apple Head".
>
> It was an elementary introduction to programming, as a children's game
> - it was a picture of a face, and you could ask it for a list of
> supported actions ("wrinkle nose", "smile", "frown", etc.), and then
> write a script that "he" would then perform.
>
> I don't remember for sure whether it was written in Applesoft or
> Integer Basic, but I do remember that one of the more... er,
> interesting... features was that it used computed gosubs in order to
> execute the various actions.
>
> I know it went out on one of the public domain collections at some
> point; I vaguely recall it might have been A.P.P.L.E. but I certainly
> don't want to swear to it.
>
> Does anyone still have a copy of this around?  Y'see, I actually have
> some personal interest here... my father wrote that for me when I was
> a very small person, and I think it would be a kick if I could
> actually unearth a copy again.  :)
>
> Thanks all!

Cool story. I'm sure someone here can help in locating this gem!