TheScribbler@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone know what this is?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1imageAnyone know what this is?lemmy.worldTheScribbler@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
I found this old software on a medium I don’t recognize at my church. Does anyone know if this has value to anybody? this
minus-squarePhilote@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoFirst game I ever played was on those 8” floppies. It was a turtle game where you would type in DOS commands and make it move. I can’t remember the command prompts but it was fun enter like forward 1000 and it would blast across the screen.
minus-squarejsveiga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoLogo! https://dosgames.com/game/logo/
minus-squarePhilote@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s it! Ha ha wow haven’t seen that since elementary school.
minus-squarejungle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoLogo wasn’t a game but a programming language.
minus-squarejsveiga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAs far as I can remember, it was both, as it was an educational tool developed to teach children the basics of programming while playing it as a game.
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoGood old turtle. You could also program loops, so you could make fancy shapes like circles.
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI learned this and BASIC at around the same time.
minus-squareAndrewZabar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI remember that! As others have posted, Logo.
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First game I ever played was on those 8” floppies. It was a turtle game where you would type in DOS commands and make it move. I can’t remember the command prompts but it was fun enter like forward 1000 and it would blast across the screen.
Logo!
https://dosgames.com/game/logo/
That’s it! Ha ha wow haven’t seen that since elementary school.
Logo wasn’t a game but a programming language.
As far as I can remember, it was both, as it was an educational tool developed to teach children the basics of programming while playing it as a game.
Good old turtle. You could also program loops, so you could make fancy shapes like circles.
That sounds like Logo
I learned this and BASIC at around the same time.
I remember that! As others have posted, Logo.