I used to type in the code from books/magazines to create games on my ZX Spectrum. Unfortunately I was never interested in the programming aspect, just in getti

I used to type in the code from books/magazines to create games on my ZX Spectrum. Unfortunately I was never interested in the programming aspect, just in getting the game they showed in the picture to work. I think I grasped some of the basic principles like GoTo though. I recall an amusing-in-retrospect my 8 year old self had with a classmate: "I have loads of games for my Amiga." "Yeah, well I program games myself on my Spectrum." "So do I! I know how to write in programming language." /bluffing "Me too. I know BASIC." /massive bluff, expecting opponent to fold "Yeah, BASIC is quite easy." /poker face