Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Kerr-MuddJohn
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:51

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On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:26:10 GMT, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
<ste...@eircom.net> wrote: 

> On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 08:04:23 +0100
> AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Even as far back as a game in BBC Basic in the 80s that used
>> recursion to handle the effects of a cell exploding in a board games
>> called 'Hexplosion'. The game was a diamond shaped board made up of
>> hexagons, 
> 
>      Hexplode when I saw it - A friend of mine wrote it for the
>      Spectrum, 
> I'm not sure if he originated it or came across the game elsewhere, it
> was the first time I saw it.
> 

An interesting game I'd not come across before: there's a DOS version 
here:
https://archive.org/details/HEXPLODE
"Creator Ray Jensen"

-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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