Liberty Basic

At ~9 years old I had the first real programming experience I can remember with a tool called Liberty Basic.

As I’m sure is common, video games provided fuel to my passion for computing, and I desperately wanted to understand how I could make my own.

I asked some adults who told me BASIC was a great way to learn how to program. So I went in search of a way to write my own BASIC programs.

A web search led me to a tool called Liberty Basic.

Liberty Basic provided an easy way to write BASIC on Windows. It had a simple IDE, extensive documentation, and plenty of examples to learn from.

I was quickly writing my own “guess the number” games and choose-your-own adventures.

I eventually discovered other tools like The Games Factory and Game Maker, which made writing games a lot easier.