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Re: First computers . . .
- Subject: Re: First computers . . .
- From: Eric Shepherd <sheppy@sheppyware.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:04:45 -0800
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in article 977183279.3a3ea22f3c1df@webmail.cotse.com,
penman-no-spam@cotse.com at penman-no-spam@cotse.com wrote on 12/18/00 3:47
PM:
> Ah...the Commodore Pet and Hunt The Wumpus. That was the very first
> experience I ever had with a personal computer. I've been trying
> to remember--what were the small characters called that would give
> the user a semi-graphical image, even tho this was still very much a
> text-based machine.....sprites?
Yes. The TI 99/4 had that too. I played a good deal of Hunt the Wumpus on
that before I started writing code on it. My first "hit" game was
"Alligator", in which you used a joystick to chase bouncing frogs around the
screen and eat them. :)
--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Creating software for everyone!
http://www.sheppyware.net