"The other 'bible' was a book "101 Games in BASIC." I was a fan of computer games and knew that as soon as I had a computer of my own I would want to type in all these games to play."
I don't know for sure, but I think Mr. Wozniak is referring to the book edited by David H. Ahl, BASIC Computer Games:
Notes on the page mention the book was "[a]lso published as 101 BASIC Computer Games".
This book happened to be a great influence on me. Reading it in grade school gave me a small taste of what fun programming can be. I especially liked how some of the programs showed how simple rules can result in emergent and unexpected behavior. Not to mention how easy and fun it was to change the source (sometimes by accident... SYNTAX ERROR anyone?) and seeing what would happen.
Today, I have the distinct privilege to do effectively the same (different platforms, of course :)), and now it even pays the bills.
This was how I learned to program BASIC at six years old.
Of course, I also figured out I could get my TRS-80 Model 1 to make sounds of various pitches by tuning an FM radio to its CPU and running loops with varying delays. I added sound to a pinball game this way back then.
Oh, how I loved that book. We were poor, and it took awhile before I got my first computer (Timex sinclair), but until then I read that book, programmed on paper, and dreamed.
Oh, wow, I haven't seen that cover since I was a kid. I'm awash in delightful nostalgia now. I had that book and got it specifically to program games on my Apple IIe, so I guess Woz achieved his goal!
With all the people that book inspired to get into computing, and the sum total of what we've built, I bet Ahl couldn't have guessed what an impact that book would have.
I don't know for sure, but I think Mr. Wozniak is referring to the book edited by David H. Ahl, BASIC Computer Games:
http://atariarchives.org/basicgames/
Notes on the page mention the book was "[a]lso published as 101 BASIC Computer Games".
This book happened to be a great influence on me. Reading it in grade school gave me a small taste of what fun programming can be. I especially liked how some of the programs showed how simple rules can result in emergent and unexpected behavior. Not to mention how easy and fun it was to change the source (sometimes by accident... SYNTAX ERROR anyone?) and seeing what would happen.
Today, I have the distinct privilege to do effectively the same (different platforms, of course :)), and now it even pays the bills.