Games with BASIC

From: Stephen Judd (judd_at_merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Date: 1998-09-22 20:56:44

> 
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marko_M=E4kel=E4?= writes:
> > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, MagerValp wrote:
> [...]
> > BTW, are there any cartridges for the C64 that contain BASIC programs? 
> > For the VIC-20 there are a couple.  They usually have some kind of
> > protection, so that you cannot stop the program.  I remember that the game
> > "Pirates!" for the C64 is written in BASIC (I saw it crash on a
> > machine
> 
> This great program uses parts written in assembly (mostly dealing with
> graphics). They main program logic is written in basic.

All the Sid Meier programs -- Pirates!, Silent Service, F15 Strike Eagle --
are a combination of BASIC and ML.  My friend used to joke that maybe
some Quickbasic code was in Civilization, just from habit.

I believe most older games used BASIC as well.  Anders mentioned
Sword of Fargoal, and I'm pretty sure a lot of the SSI games
(Phantasie, some wargames) had a lot of BASIC code.  Strip Poker
is in BASIC (and has a REM shift-L at the end of _every_ line).
The MUSE games -- Space Taxi, Rescue Squad, and probably Castle
Wolfenstein -- also used BASIC+ML, I believe.  I'm sure there
are many others.

I can't think of any cartridges which used BASIC, though.

-Steve
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