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robotkilla on Jan 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Text-only video game shows how genre can be beauti...

I used to play Pirate Adventure all the time when i was like 8 or 9 - that game got me into programming in the first place.

aepearson on Jan 23, 2015 [–]

Same here (but with Zork)... Zork lead to Hypercard... Hypercard lead to a career as a programmer. Pretty cool when you think about it.

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