Hot damn. All those series of POKE and PEEK numbers to key in; I'm sure I got an adolescent gray hair or two trying to zero in on the inevitable typo (which sometimes originated in the magazine) ...
Oh yeah, my borther his freinds and I would spend hours trying to "Debug" them.
Eventually they started publishing programs in machine language with a sum check for accuracy. I worked for hours on a racing program but it was great. I also put in a database program from one of the mags that was my first experience in db's. I used it to keep track of players, teams and payments etc for the CYC Athletic program at our parrish. Ahh the good old days.