"Beginner's Guide to Programming" for the Commodore 64 by The Board of Education for the City of Hamilton - Now there is a mouth full!  Seriously though, this is actually a really nice document not only explaining the fundamentals of creating a game in BASIC, it specifically guides the new user on how to use things like the cursor keys and color options on the Commodore keyboard.

This book has been written for people who want to realize the full potential of their Commodore 64 and at the same time improve their own programming techniques. The authors assume no special knowledge to begin with, but quickly and efficiently they get the reader started on programming in BASIC. Then follow chapters on structured programming, numeric functions and logical operators, character string manipulation, arrays, nesting loops, audio-visual program enhancement, and debugging.
Over 90 original programs are included which, together with the exercises and examples, put you and your Commodore enjoyably through your paces.

This book provides the reader with useful and interesting programs for the 64. Topics covered include - Hi Res Graphics - Music - Games - Utilities - Sprites and User Defined Characters - Functional Programs, etc. There is a detailed explanation of Hi Res Graphics and the necessary machine code routines to implement them, along with demonstration programs. An exciting version of Star Trek is also included as well as a full length adventure game. Among the functional programs is a Personal Information Retrieval package which enables you to create and manipulate up to 365 records.

The original and exciting new teach-yourself programming course for Commodore 64 owners. Over 300 unique screen-shot photographs of program listings and programs in action-showing on the page exactly what appears on the screen.

Packed full of programming tips and techniques, reference charts and tables, and advice on how to getthe most out of your Commodore 64.

The bestselling teach-yourself programming course now takes you beyond BASIC to the world of advanced machine-code graphics.

Using a combination of simple BASIC programming and a collection of tailor-made, ready-to-run machine-code routines, this book shows you how to produce precision, high-resolution graphics in a fraction of the time they would take in BASIC alone. A keyboard driven graphics editor, a turtle graphics pattern generator, and a wide variety of demonstration programs, will help you open up the full potential of the Commodore 64-withoutthe need for any knowledge of machine-code programming.

The best selling teach-yourself programming course now offers the first complete full-colour book on Commadore64 sprites.

Illustrated with over 300 screen-shot photographs, it contains programs for sin!;Jle and multicolour sprites, animation, setting priorities and detecting collisions, and stretching and enlarging, and incl udes on easy-to-use sprite generator with which you can design and save your own sprites. In addition, there is a full colour design directory containing over 200 original sprite designs complete with all the data needed to program them.

Together, Books Three and Four in this series form a complete, self-contained graphics system for the Commodore 64.