Wait a minute. Membership is $100, unless you buy a cart ($21.95 to $39.95), in which case your membership is free. So why would anyone pay the $100? Is it supposed to be some kind of reverse psychology? “Wow, look at all the cool free stuff I get if I can convince my dad to give me a check for Breakout!”
BASIC Programming is one of the selections in the purple tier.
I remember that Space Invaders shirt.
UPDATE (1/19/14): Keith Golon wrote to tell me that it’s not $100 for a membership, but $1.00 Now that makes sense. If you look closely, you can see the decimal. Thanks a million, Keith.
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2 Warps to Neptune 
My parents bought the BASIC Programming cart in the misguided hope that it would substitute for a computer. Man, that box art was cool though. But even the example programs included in the manual wouldn’t run correctly. So under the tree for Christmas 1983 was an Apple ][e.
Jesus, I forgot about the BP cover. Learn how to pilot a spaceship! I’ll have to do a post on that.
Apple IIe? Traitor.
It’s certainly a nominee for largest gap between cover art and actual experience.
My entire school district used Apples at the time, so it seemed logical to all concerned. This, despite living right on top of IBM’s global headquarters. To this day, it’s the only Apple product I’ve ever owned.
Absolutely. It’s a perfect fit for my ‘filling in the blanks’ theory.
My wife just forced an iPhone on me for Father’s Day. I wish Atari made it so I could respect myself.
It was a necessary upgrade to your 8 year old flip phone that took you 10 minutes to send a text message on.
Who am I going to send a text message to? You’re always on vacation.