• BASIC Computer Games is a compilation of type-in computer games in the BASIC programming language collected by David H. Ahl. Some of the games were written...
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  • video games began to shift away from mainframe computers or minicomputers, and the spread of general-purpose programming languages such as the BASIC programming...
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    (1973). 101 Basic computer games. Morristown, N.J.: Creative Computing Press. OCLC 896774158. Ahl, David H. (May 11, 1981). "Computer Games". InfoWorld...
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    Star Trek (1971 video game) (category BASIC software)
    Cole to BASIC-PLUS and published the source code in the Digital Equipment Corporation Edu newsletter. It was republished with other computer games in his...
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    The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes...
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  • development, the game which would become Computer Space began development in this period. In computer games, BASIC games written by high school and college...
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  • BASIC. The original Lunar Landing Game was converted to BASIC by David H. Ahl, who included three versions in his 1973 book 101 BASIC Computer Games....
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  • BASIC versions, in the People's Computer Company book What to Do After You Hit Return. Many of the original source listings in BASIC Computer Games and...
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  • emerging field of microcomputers. Games introduced in publications like People’s Computer Company and 101 BASIC Computer Games were frequently played via teletypes...
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  • Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-25. "More BASIC Computer Games: Artillery-3". www.atariarchives.org. Cox, Matt (August 2019). "Spawn...
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    Video game (redirect from Computer games)
    traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and computer games (which includes LAN games, online games, and browser games). More recently, the video...
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  • for this game in his best selling BASIC Computer Games, and variants of the game spread widely to personal computer systems. Decwar in 1978 was also a...
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    like BASIC Computer Games were available, dedicated for the BASICs of most models of computer, with titles along the lines of 64 Amazing BASIC Games for...
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  • popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public. Since then, video...
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  • Hamurabi (video game) (category 1968 video games)
    DEC BASIC and in 1973 published it in 101 BASIC Computer Games. This was later republished in Microsoft BASIC form in 1978's BASIC Computer Games. His...
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  • hobbyist, and casual users to write computer programs. A sample of these learning resources includes BASIC Computer Games, Microcomputer Edition (1978), by...
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    He is also the author of many how-to books, including BASIC Computer Games, the first computer book to sell more than a million copies. After earning...
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  • BBC BASIC is an interpreted version of the BASIC programming language. It was developed by Acorn Computers Ltd when they were selected by the BBC to supply...
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  • creating games and application programs for early personal computers, including IBM-PC compatible systems and the Apple Macintosh. Learn BASIC Now included...
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  • Integer BASIC is a BASIC interpreter written by Steve Wozniak for the Apple I and Apple II computers. Originally available on cassette for the Apple I...
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  • Creative Computing (magazine) (category Atari 8-bit computer magazines)
    published several books, the most successful being BASIC Computer Games, the first million-selling computer book. Their Best of Creative Computing collections...
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    BASIC is an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that shipped with Atari 8-bit computers. Unlike most American BASICs of the home computer era...
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    Family BASIC is a consumer product for programming on the Family Computer video game console. Family BASIC was launched on June 21, 1984, to consumers...
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    Microsoft BASIC by Creative Computing in 1979 for the book More BASIC Computer Games, where it appears with multiple names: Artillery-3, Artillery 3,...
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    plus its sequel, More Basic Computer Games have sold over half a million copies proving that people are intrigued by computer games. Upon Ahl's departure...
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    program) in computer magazines (like Creative Computing, SoftSide, Compute!, Byte, etc.) and books, like the bestseller BASIC Computer Games. By the early...
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  • early software was often distributed in text form, as in the book BASIC Computer Games. In some cases when a game's source code is not available by other means...
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    common in 1970s and 1980s computer enthusiast magazines (for instance Creative Computing) and books like BASIC Computer Games for type-in programs. Today...
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  • STOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Atari ST personal computer. It was designed for creating games, but the set of high-level...
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  • BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Amiga computer. Following on from the successful STOS BASIC for the Atari ST, AMOS BASIC...
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