This week I downloaded an old favorite game of mine to use in teaching my kids about electricity. The game is “Rocky’s Boots.” Did any of you play it on the old Apple II’s?
The best thing about Rocky’s Boots was that it actually helped me understand how electricity flows in a circuit. Break the circuit, and the electricity is off. And for its time the graphics were pretty good! It was a great creative product from the 1980’s. Anyone out there have a favorite computer or video game from the 80’s? If there’s a free online version, include the link.
Brian
Tim Vander Pol said
I remember playing LOGO on a the old C-64’s at good old Watson Groen Christian in 6th grade. It was basically teaching some math and programming to kids. I doubt it is out there. But my geeky side enjoied drawing shapes with that little turtle.
Tim VP
Brian said
Hey Tim, I played Logo too! Back in 1985 when I went to Summer Computer School (just shows how much of a geek I am)!
I found this link for an online version of Logo you might try:
http://www.mathsnet.net/logo/turtlelogo/index.html
I remember some awesome patterns could be achieved by playing around with it a bit.