Wow, thanks for this. Qbasic was also my first language which was introduced to me by a kid in my cousin’s neighborhood growing up (along with IRC). I remember

Wow, thanks for this. Qbasic was also my first language which was introduced to me by a kid in my cousin’s neighborhood growing up (along with IRC). I remember being absolutely fascinated by the language (and programming in general), but didn’t totally understand what i was doing. I remember trying to make a Zelda clone and then becoming baffled at the notion of z-order when I couldn’t figure out why my grass (aka green rectangle) wouldn’t render underneath my character. Thanks for the article, glad to know I wasn’t alone in this early influence.