I just love these books. I’ve found some but I thought I’d at least ask: Can you help me build my collection of type-in books? How can you help? Well, if you have some and wouldn’t mind parting with them, you can send them to the address below. If you want you can order them from Amazon, Abe books, or eBay and ship to the address below. If you’re in an old bookstore or a second-hand store and wouldn’t mind looking and send them to me. Or you can simply hit the paypal button, let me know that you want to support my collection of BASIC books, and I’ll get them myself.

Like I said in the video, I’m looking for BASIC games listings. I’m not worried about platform dependent BASIC games (like ones that use graphics) because often times those graphics routines can still be translated into Allegro or something such. In fact I’d be thrilled to have them. And magazines with BASIC listings would be brilliant too.

My collection so far:

To avoid duplication (not that it would be that big a deal) here’s my collection so far:

BASIC Computer Games by David H. Ahl , 1973.

More Basic Computer Games by David H. Ahl, 1979.

BASIC Fun: Computer Games, Puzzles, and Problems Children Can Write by Susan Drake Lipscomb and Margaret Ann Zuanich, 1982.

BASIC Fun with Adventure Games by Susan Drake Lipscomb and Margaret Ann Zuanich, 1984.

Creating Adventure Games on Your Computer by Tim Hartnell, 1984 – Donated by Matt “Stalepie” from the Cymon’s Games forums.

Space Attack: Micro Adventure Number One by Eileen Buckholtz and Ruth Glick, 1984.

Jungle Quest: Micro Adventure Number Two by Megan Stine and H. William Stine, 1984.

Million Dollar Gamble: Micro Adventure Number Three by Chassie L. West, 1984.

Time Trap (Micro Adventure, No 4) by Jean Favors, 1984.

Mindbenders (Micro Adventure, Vol. 5) by Ruth Glick and Eileen Buckholtz, 1984.

Robot Race (Micro Adventure, Vol. 6) by David Anthony Kraft, 1984.

Doom Stalker (Micro Adventure, No 7) by Ruth Glick and Eileen Buckholtz, 1985.

The Big Freeze (Micro Adventure, No 8) by Jean M. Favors, 1985

Dead Ringer (Micro Adventure No 9) by Chassie West, 1985

Spellbound (Micro Adventure, No 10) by Megan Stine and H. William Stine, 1985

Captain Kid and the Pirates (Magic Micro No 1) by Glick, Buckholtz, 1985

Superworld (Magic Micro No 2) by Steven Otfinoski,1985

Wizards of Wonder (Magic Micro Adventure, No 3) by Megan Stine and H. William Stine, 1984

The Cats of Castle Mountain (Magic Micro, No 4) by Buckholtz, Glick, 1985.

If you donate a book I’ll make sure you get credit for adding it to my collection.

What do you think I should do with my collection?

What do I want these for? I’ve got my own long-term plans for the games in these books. Partly it’s because I’ve never had an original idea in my life and these books are great sources of inspiration. I want to find great programs to re-write in C. But if there’s enough interest maybe I can do reviews or video reviews for these books. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.