I was cleaning my HDD just now and found the first game i ever did !
It was a project for my first programming course (back in 2003). Unfortunately, couldn't find the finished submitted code :/ so no comments in there, but it should be quite simple to understand. If my memory serves good, it has a number of bullets limitation, rockets , a shield activation, life meter system ... but no enemies :P (you get an animated sky background tho ! ;)) All done in the old ascii fashion way. No threads too. Sorry if it's a bit of a mess ... it's quite old :D
Download from :
http://rapidshare.com/files/427312887/Game_SRC.rar
P.S: We need attachments !!!