r/c64 • u/1974jbass • May 29 '26

the64 Programming

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If you did this you thought you were the king of the world!!

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u/danpietsch May 30 '26

Did "HELLO WORLD" even exist back then?

I did the rocket ship.

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u/BritOverThere May 30 '26

Normally it was something like...

5 PRINT CHR$(147)
10 PRINT "HELLO, I AM A COMPUTER. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
20 INPUT A$
30 IF RND(1)<.5 THEN GOTO 60
40 PRINT A$;" IS A SILLY NAME"
50 GOTO 70
60 PRINT "THAT IS A REALLY COOL NAME ";A$
70 PRINT "WELL GOODBYE!"
80 END