I set out to make a simple game using sprites for my BBC Micro. It turned into an unexpected learning opportunity for me. My day job During the day I teach kids computer science, and when we get to the tricky parts I often tell them to keep persevering and that they’ll eventually figure it out.

Now I’ve gained an understanding of assembly programming, let’s look at how they tried to teach us computer science in the 1980s… Intro I’m a programmer and the computer itself has always been a black box that I was insulated against, writing my code in a higher level language like C.