A Modern Day '101 Basic Computer Games'?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday January 24, 2004 @12:02AM from the encouraging-tomorrows-coders dept.

pcraven asks: "Back when I learned how to program, I found a book called 101 Basic Computer Games by David H. Ahl. This book had a lot of simple programs that I could type into the Apple //e. It made programming interesting. I'm not sure I would have started a career in programming without it. Today I haven't found any recent equivalent to this book. I want a bunch of sample computer games that students can program that they will find fun and interesting. Something that a CompSci 101 graduate could type in and run. Does anyone know of a book or web site like this?"

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That's not the book I remember.... by dmorin · 2004-01-24 05:30 · Score: 2, Funny

The online version you link to does not include Eliza, SeaWar, or Wumpus? How many versions of that book existed?
Trivia -- I remember it well, the first few lines of SeaWar asked for the user name, and if the named typed in was "chris" it would jump to the end and say "Game over." What was up wit dat??

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Re:try the Blender GameKit by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 05:55 · Score: 1, Funny

I intend on getting my brother (20) to learn programming

My god man, 20 brothers??!?! Your parents were Catholic, weren't they? :o)