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by hashmp 3548 days ago
Ah the memories. From memory, and obviously we are going back a long time here, there was a program in there which you could write to make it sound like a baby was crying ( it kind of did), and another where you could design a sprite ( a hot air balloon ? ) and move it around the screen.

It all seemed rather complicated to me at the time and couldn't imagine how people were writing whole games using it. Years later you realise it was even more complicated as most games were written in assembly.

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The sprites...! Now there's a blast from the past - I've spent a good amount of time learning how to "draw" sprites with BASIC.