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User recalls 'Castles and Catapults' AI game from high school

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A user reminisces about playing the "Castles and Catapults" game on a TRS-80 in high school. They recall enjoying the game and its simple mechanics, contrasting it with their later struggles with coding on an Apple IIe. The post frames this nostalgic experience within the context of modern AI, suggesting a connection between past and present computational play. AI

RANK_REASON This is a personal anecdote about a retro computer game, with a tangential mention of AI.

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User recalls 'Castles and Catapults' AI game from high school

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Vibe-Coding: Castles and Catapults game # AI # FREE When I was a thirteen year old in high school, one of my favorite things to do was to visit the computer lab

    Vibe-Coding: Castles and Catapults game # AI # FREE When I was a thirteen year old in high school, one of my favorite things to do was to visit the computer lab. It was full of TRS-80s, and one of the few games available was, "Castles and Catapults." I still remember laughing in …

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