I'll echo others, VB was my start. The year I decided to take programming in high school, they switched from Java to VB. I had so much fun in that class going above and beyond in all my projects.

When I was a kid, I used to sneak off to the computer lab and just play with the form builder. I had no idea how to code at the time but it was fun making mockups

I didn't care much for Small Basic when it came out. It did lead me to QB64 which I had a lot of fun with

I had two of them that I'd bring to school. I had a few classes where my friends were next door so we'd chat on Cybiko or play the FPS maze game multiplayer. It was really fun, but the next year all the kids started getting cell phones/DS (Pictochat). My friends didn't want to use the Cybiko anymore, but it always helps a special place in my heart.

There is a Cybiko emulator out there! Obviously it can't talk to nearby Cybikos but it's still fun to play old games and mess around with the apps

Thanks, I'll look again. I found one about a year ago but had issues running it in Wine probably.

There is also an emulator that runs in a web browser. https://www.reddit.com/r/cybiko/comments/z79f2p/cybiko_emula...