Treasure Hunt, my first complete video game ever, on the TI-99/4A. Some of the code still exists somewhere on a cassette tape. I fully completed my first game when I was in grade 4, called, 'Treasure Hunt'. Non-programmers may not understand, but the ability to make your game characters interact with your environment was an awesome concept to implement when you first realize how it is done. I think I was in grade 3 at the time, trying to learn TI-BASIC from a reference manual. I still remember when I figured out GCHAR meant 'get character', which meant I could read the screen, which meant I could (all-of-a-sudden) make game characters interact with objects and levels on the screen. I designed and programmed lots of incomplete games on it as a child. It was on this computer that I learned how to program, optimize code, and how computer graphics worked. I do recall getting TI Extended BASIC for Christmas after we already owned the TI-99/4A. Jason believes that we got the computer for Christmas 1982 and TI Extended BASIC for Christmas 1983. We likely got it for Christmas in 1982 (grade 2), and potentially Christmas 1983 (grade 3), and certainly by Christmas 1984 (grade 4). The Texas Instruments 'TI-99/4A Home Computer' was my first computer - and Jason's first computer, too. ( original image from ' Ma collection d'ordinateurs anciens'.) (The Tandy 1000 SX was my second computer.) This page is a slight dedication to the TI-99/4A Home Computer, my first computer.

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