20 years ago, aged 7. Started with that LOGO turtle (am I imagining this?) then moved onto typing out reams of BASIC into our school BBCs from exciting looking game books. Even though the ASCII games never quite matched the futuristic 3D images on the front, I remember being far more excited about those books than any game I've played in recent years.
Early on, I didn't realise that you could retype lines to replace them, so was careful to type them out 100% accurately. One time a "friend" came and mashed the keys when I was on line 1300 or so, earning him detention for a week from the headmaster who was also none the wiser!
Early on, I didn't realise that you could retype lines to replace them, so was careful to type them out 100% accurately. One time a "friend" came and mashed the keys when I was on line 1300 or so, earning him detention for a week from the headmaster who was also none the wiser!