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oh man, TI-BASIC was awesome!! My first programming language, and funny enough due to how the programs worked, a relatively useful trove of "open-source" code t

oh man, TI-BASIC was awesome!! My first programming language, and funny enough due to how the programs worked, a relatively useful trove of "open-source" code to learn from. I remember essentially cramming several different modified games together to make a game centered around the plot for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace with literally not an ounce of awareness at the irony of doing so or the vitriol for that movie at the time. Fun times... edit: This seems like a more robust setup than I assumed, a color screen and C libraries to write assembly (!!) Good for the author, an impressive project

pbj1968 2y ago
Nobody walked out of Phantom Menace hating it. We have the second movie and then a snarky YouTube video where a man talks funny to blame for that. And people younger than us think they’re all great.
- Willish42 2y ago
  I couldn't agree more. I have rewatched the prequels and still enjoy them. Meant more that at the time I was young and wasn't aware of the backlash. Now I'm older and still don't care :) The Prequels Strike Back [wiki link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prequels_Strike_Back:_A_Fan%27s_Journey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prequels_Strike_Back:_A_Fa...) is a fun documentary to watch sometime on the subject too. Lucas actually did have some intentional writing and directorial stuff going on in the prequel trilogy that I definitely missed even as a fan.