> I never read a book on programming on the C64 but I learned 
> it intuitively as many young males did while editing a copy 
> of strip poker. It was so easy to edit code on the C64. When 

Heh - I remember trying to hack that game. ;) Actually, I learned hex by
editing my Bards Tale characters. It's amazing how fast you can advance
w/ infinite experience.

> I got the Amiga it was just a box that wasn't the same. 
> Skipped a big chunk of programming time/learning in those years.
> Wasn't a lot of the code written in a form of basic? It was a 
> looong time ago and I didn't know anything then so all my 
> memory reference points are bad.
> 

Depends. Most games for the AppleII were written in machine language.
Only a few popular games were written in Basic. Things like lemonade
stand and some game that simulated a kingdom. (I loved that game and
would kill for a copy.) There was - of course - the venerable Oregon
Trail.

-RC


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