[Coco] [Color Computer] Fw: Three classic BASIC game books on the Web

Roger Taylor rtaylor at bayou.com
Sat Dec 6 22:38:00 EST 2003


Do I detect a very faint smell of a luncheon meat?  :)


At 04:51 PM 12/6/2003 -0800, you wrote:

>The full text of a trilogy of classic computer books are now
>available at AtariArchives.org: BASIC Computer Games (published
>1978,) More BASIC Computer Games (1978), and Big Computer Games
>(1984.)
>
>http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/
>http://www.atariarchives.org/morebasicgames/
>http://www.atariarchives.org/bigcomputergames/
>
>Edited by David Ahl of Creative Computing Magazine, the books feature
>type-in BASIC games, including such classics as Animal, Blackbox,
>Eliza, Hammurabi, Lunar LEM Rocket, Mugwump, and Hunt the Wumpus. Big
>Computer Games also includes Rollercoaster, a unique
>computer-operated videodisc adventure game for the Apple ][ computer.
>
>The two earlier books feature illustrations by George Beker, which
>will be instantly recognizable by anyone who read these books or
>Creative Computing magazine 20 or more years ago.
>
>The books are available with the permission of David Ahl. With this
>announcement, AtariArchives.org has reached the milestone of making
>25 classic computer books available on the Web.
>
>-Kevin Savetz
>--
>Kevin Savetz - http://www.savetz.com/contact/
>Curator of Classic Computer Magazine Archive - www.atarimagazines.com
>& Atariarchives.org                          - www.atariarchives.org
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{Roger Taylor}




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