BASIC Fun: Computer Games, Puzzles, And Problems Children Can Write

## Description

Amongst many non-interactive introductory type-in BASIC programs intended to
get young programmers started, this book includes a few simple games:

* _Spelling_ (as described, ` TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MISSING LETTERS IN THIS WORD`);
* _You Are A Detective_ , a _very_ short choose-your-own-adventure mystery;
* _Shell Game_ (“needless to say, the computer’s ‘hand’ is definitely quicker than your eye!”);
* _Dice Game_ ;
* _Number Guessing Game_ (which of two players guesses closest to the number the computer picked?);
* _Number Sequences_ (what should the next number in this sequence be?);
* _How Warm Is Your Heart_ (a re-skinned number guessing game filling in temperature for proximity to the number);
* _War_ (the card game);
* _Pinball_ (a highly abstract representation);
* _Paper, Rock, Scissors_ ;
* _Ring the Bell_ (simulating the carnival sideshow game);
* _Lifeguard_ (pick a number and maybe the life preserver you throw reaches the drowning swimmer);
* _Sea Battle_ (aka Battleship);
* _Math Quiz_ ;
* _Tennis_ (again, highly abstracted);
* _Ski Weekend_ (choose the right jobs to earn the money needed to go on vacation in six weeks!;
* and _Backpack_ (attempt to win a cross-country hiking race without running out of food and water).

In addition to the platforms mentioned here, the BASIC programs included were
intended to run, with minimal amendment, on the BASIC versions found on the
HP-2000 and Osborne lines of computers.

BASIC Fun: Computer Games, Puzzles, And Problems Children Can Write