> BASIC 2.0 [...] not providing any kind of abstractions around [...] sound, graphics and sprites [...] almost impossible without embedded machine codes I reme

> BASIC 2.0 [...] not providing any kind of abstractions around [...] sound, graphics and sprites [...] almost impossible without embedded machine codes I remember trying this a handful of times with code examples I found in magazines or books, using arcane strings of seemingly arbitrary numbers manipulated by POKE and PEEK commands. I felt very limited in what I could do considering the amount of time required, and like I was doing data entry instead of learning something I could use in the future. So I gave up on that. It's hard when you're the only person you know interested in coding and there's no internet.