Yes! I had several of those books, the Fantasy Games one being my favourite. I frequently credit them with getting me into programming/CS. Though I don't think

Yes! I had several of those books, the Fantasy Games one being my favourite. I frequently credit them with getting me into programming/CS. Though I don't think I ever quite understood the "Machine Code for Beginners" one, and I certainly never got all the way through typing in the others, it was the sheer "behind the curtain"-ness of it all that was amazing as a kid.