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Anyone know what this is? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by TheScribbler@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I found this old software on a medium I don't recognize at my church. Does anyone know if this has value to anybody? this

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[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

First game I ever played was on those 8” floppies. It was a turtle game where you would type in DOS commands and make it move. I can’t remember the command prompts but it was fun enter like forward 1000 and it would blast across the screen.

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

That’s it! Ha ha wow haven’t seen that since elementary school.

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Logo wasn't a game but a programming language.

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

As far as I can remember, it was both, as it was an educational tool developed to teach children the basics of programming while playing it as a game.

[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Good old turtle. You could also program loops, so you could make fancy shapes like circles.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I learned this and BASIC at around the same time.

[–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 1 year ago

Logo ? Anyway there was a this "programming langue" with a turtle and it had like 6 commands : move forward/backwards, turn left/right, pen up/down :-D

[–] cousinofjah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds like Logo

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I remember that! As others have posted, Logo.