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Re:Text-only video game shows how genre can be beautiful, in... by robotkilla on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:29PM (#8933253)
I used to play Pirate Adventure all the time when i was like 8 or 9 - that game got me into programming in the first place.
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Re:Text-only video game shows how genre can be beautiful, in... by aepearson on Friday January 23, 2015 @04:55PM (#8937545)
Same here (but with Zork)... Zork lead to Hypercard... Hypercard lead to a career as a programmer. Pretty cool when you think about it.
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