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When I entered high-school at the age of 12 (15 years ago) someone in class showed me how to draw circles on a screen with QBASIC. I was instantly hooked.
by ElbertF 16y ago
When I entered high-school at the age of 12 (15 years ago) someone in class showed me how to draw circles on a screen with QBASIC. I was instantly hooked.
SCREEN 12
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CIRCLE (320, 240), 100, 15
- cheald 16y agoReading this gave me the biggest involuntary grin I've had all week. QBasic was my gateway drug, too.
- pshc 16y agoSimilar story, except it was a library book named How To Make Games. The whole book was an explanation of the mechanics of a cute little text adventure game, with full Basic source in the appendix. (The source was notoriously buggy and badly typed for some reason, though...)