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Doctor Who and the Dalek: 10-year-old tests BBC programming game

JW Smythe

Playable??

Is the game playable? I don't see it on the provided link, just a preview video. I wanted to try it, mostly out of curiosity.

From the description, it sounds like a game that we played on the Tandy Coco in the 1980s. You could "program" various pieces in different ways to accomplish various tasks. It wasn't programming in the sense of being able to write something outside of the game, but it gave kids an idea of what some of the concepts did.

I can't say that it worked for everyone, but I played it as a kid, and I did get into programming later on in life. That was more "people pay more money if I learn..." thing.

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