Synopses & Reviews
Here's an introduction to BASIC language simulations through computer games that are both fun and educational. Written in an informal style, it stimulates interest in creative programming of games of chance as well as games of skill. All the games are taught by examples that illustrate programming techniques at various stages of difficulity and are suitable to almost unlimited modification, simplification, or amplification. The text develops creativity on the part of the reader and requires little knowledge of elementary mathematics.