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Seems closer to an Intel i386 in specs, no? To think this is now retailing for 10 euros ;) In any case, an entire generation of game developers back in the day

Seems closer to an Intel i386 in specs, no? To think this is now retailing for 10 euros ;) In any case, an entire generation of game developers back in the day cut their teeth on BASIC. And many of the fundamentals of arcade era game design can still be gleaned from those ancient manuals ;) Vintage BASIC http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html More BASIC Computer Games https://archive.org/details/More_BASIC_Computer_Games_1980_Creative_Computing https://archive.org/details/More_BASIC_Computer_Games_1980_C...

pjmlp 8y ago
Here are some more, there is a nice archive for 8 bit Atari. https://www.atariarchives.org/ https://www.atariarchives.org/
- hotcrossbunny 8y ago
  Yay for Atari basic!
- markdoubleyou 8y ago
  That list is missing one of the formative books of my youth: Dr. Wacko Presents Atari Basic and the Wiz-Bang Miracle Machine https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-dr-c-wacko-presents-atari-basic-jjj https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-dr-c-wacko-presents-a...
ChuckMcM 8y ago
This was the archive I raided for source code when I wrote my BASIC interpreter in Java (http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
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Wildgoose 8y ago
I still have my copy of More BASIC Computer Games. Hunt the Wumpus! I also still have a copy of the Liverpool Software Gazette which had "Stargate: A 3D Planetarium", (from around 1980). Massive listings, and you not only had to fix typos, you also had to convert between different versions of BASIC.
- kwhitefoot 8y ago
  I think I have a few LSG issues. I wonder if I should scan them and put them up on the web somewhere.
  - Wildgoose 8y ago
    I think that would be a great idea. I am going to have to rummage around in my loft to find some of these old magazines later.
    - kwhitefoot 8y ago
      > I also still have a copy of the Liverpool Software Gazette which had "Stargate: A 3D Planetarium", (from around 1980). Tidying up and I just found it. It's May 1980. I was sure I had lots of them but only found three (Nov. 1979, May 1980, Feb./Apr. 1981). Also found my Leasco Basic manual from 1969. I'll put the LSGs up on kwhitefoot.neocities.org over the next few weeks. Might even try to see if any of programs can be made to work.
wrycoder 8y ago
And Sinclair’s BASIC for the ZX-80. Remember, that hardware used the Z80 RAM refresh circuitry to drive the video output. All the user computing was done during the vertical retrace interval! The technique derived from Don Lancaster’s Video Toaster. Check out Lancaster’s wicki page.

pjmlp 8y ago

Here are some more, there is a nice archive for 8 bit Atari. https://www.atariarchives.org/ https://www.atariarchives.org/

hotcrossbunny 8y ago
Yay for Atari basic!
markdoubleyou 8y ago
That list is missing one of the formative books of my youth: Dr. Wacko Presents Atari Basic and the Wiz-Bang Miracle Machine https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-dr-c-wacko-presents-atari-basic-jjj https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-dr-c-wacko-presents-a...

ChuckMcM 8y ago

This was the archive I raided for source code when I wrote my BASIC interpreter in Java (http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)

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Wildgoose 8y ago

I still have my copy of More BASIC Computer Games. Hunt the Wumpus! I also still have a copy of the Liverpool Software Gazette which had "Stargate: A 3D Planetarium", (from around 1980). Massive listings, and you not only had to fix typos, you also had to convert between different versions of BASIC.

kwhitefoot 8y ago
I think I have a few LSG issues. I wonder if I should scan them and put them up on the web somewhere.
- Wildgoose 8y ago
  I think that would be a great idea. I am going to have to rummage around in my loft to find some of these old magazines later.
  - kwhitefoot 8y ago
    > I also still have a copy of the Liverpool Software Gazette which had "Stargate: A 3D Planetarium", (from around 1980). Tidying up and I just found it. It's May 1980. I was sure I had lots of them but only found three (Nov. 1979, May 1980, Feb./Apr. 1981). Also found my Leasco Basic manual from 1969. I'll put the LSGs up on kwhitefoot.neocities.org over the next few weeks. Might even try to see if any of programs can be made to work.

wrycoder 8y ago

And Sinclair’s BASIC for the ZX-80. Remember, that hardware used the Z80 RAM refresh circuitry to drive the video output. All the user computing was done during the vertical retrace interval! The technique derived from Don Lancaster’s Video Toaster. Check out Lancaster’s wicki page.