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I'm amazed they're using BBC Micros for game programming, an awful choice. They should be using ZX Spectrums or C64s.
by iuguy 16y ago
I'm amazed they're using BBC Micros for game programming, an awful choice. They should be using ZX Spectrums or C64s.
- gaius 16y agoBBC Basic was easily the best on the 8-bit micros. You can go straight to procedures and functions without ever using GOSUB or GOTO. Plus the OS provided an interface to its internals (e.g. *FX, the OS... routines like OSWRCH, the in-line 2-pass assembler) and vector tables, no need to peek and poke.
- arethuza 16y agoHaving used a BBC Micro and ZX Spectrums I much preferred the Beeb - everything from the nice keyboard through to the (relatively) pleasant Basic where it was pretty simple to drop down to lower level stuff.
- RichardRussell 16y agoIf you want to see what you can achieve using BBC BASIC for games programming these days (on a PC) look here: http://www.bb4wgames.com/ http://www.bb4wgames.com/