Remember when you just started coding? Back when you were only doing it for fun? Those were great days!
My dad introduced me to GW BASIC. I was bored and wanted to play Leisure Suit Larry. I was only 11 at the time, so he refused and showed me BASIC. I was hooked!
What I enjoyed most was writing games. They were relatively simple games because I got bored quickly and only completed a handful of them. The most noteworthy ones that I created -
- Computer Knowledge Gameshow - Using QBasic. A text-based, 2 player “Gameshow“ with a lot of computer questions. “How many bits in a byte?“
- Othello - Written in Turbo Pascal with nice graphics.
- Dude - Written in Turbo Pascal. A Commander Keen style game. You had to collect diamonds and avoid obstacles like water and spikes.
- Tetris - My favorite! The normal version wasn't challenging enough, so I wrote my own in Pascal, then later in Delphi.
I'd like to hear from the community. What kind of games/applications did you guys start with?