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

[jimcox at miba51.com]

Depends on your way of thinking.  To some, it might smell 
like a choice T-Bone steak.  Since it's 8-bit computer 
related, it smells like steak to me.

Jim

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:36:32 -0600
  Roger Taylor <rtaylor at bayou.com> wrote:
>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
>>Moderator of news:comp.sys.atari.announce    - Atari 
>>computer news
>
>{Roger Taylor}
>
>
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