What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Kid's Adventure (interactive) series from 1980s. Protagonist gets a task, you stop reading and enter some computer code into Apple computer (using floppy disc) to play a mini game. [s]
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Thanks for the response. No, this was in the 80s. Still floppy disc days. It was a regular paperback book, and you'd read about 20 pages, then the code would be in the book that you would type into the Apple computer and play the mini-game that you just coded. Great question, so hope that helps in providing more info.
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Search using WorldCat.org -
https://www.worldcat.org/advancedsear...
Keyword: apple computer | 1977-1992 ? | Juvenile | Fiction | Book | English
Holy cow! Thanks for the suggestion on WorldCat. Although there were no covers, a couple of the titles tickled a portion of my brain. I googled the titles and one of them had a cover reminding me they were called Microadventures. Not sure if links are allowed, but here's a link to one on Amazon, along with images of others for those that are interested: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Attack-M... I can't thank you enough for your help, Kris! Found one of them for only $5, so ordered and ready to relive a great 10 year-old memory.
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Worldcat.org (when it displays in English) is a great resource for tracking for old books.
I had been introduced to the site recently, but hadn't used some of the additional search terms. Absolutely will be able to code the games again. There are many Apple II emulators out there (https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/) So looking forward to reliving those memories.
By the way, not sure if I need to mark this as solved, or adjust the title. Just let me know. Thanks again!
I think I'm losing a bit of sanity here as I cannot seem to track down this particular series of books from when I was a kid. They were a series of books where as you were reading, as the protagonist came across a task, you actually stopped reading and entered in some coding in order to play a little mini game. For example, the room was lit up by candles and the protagonist was trying to sneak out. The mini game you coded was to move back and forth and blow out the candles by pressing space bar when the candle was lined up properly.
Thanks for any help you can give!