Best BASIC game?

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll by K-Tel. Properly superb. Far better than Rock Star Ate My Hamster.
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JAWS: The Text Adventure perhaps?
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Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:25 pm JAWS: The Text Adventure perhaps?
Are you allowed to vote for your own games? :)
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PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:43 pm Are you allowed to vote for your own games? :)
I think it's shameful. Especially when, as far as BASIC games go, Sixteen Skirmish is much better.
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Those Jaws graphics aren't BASIC are they?
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Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:03 pm Those Jaws graphics aren't BASIC are they?
Yes they are!
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Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:21 pm
Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:03 pm Those Jaws graphics aren't BASIC are they?
Yes they are!
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Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:21 pm
Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:03 pm Those Jaws graphics aren't BASIC are they?
Yes they are!
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Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:51 pm
Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:21 pm Yes they are!
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The UDG graphics are loaded separately using LOAD ""CODE. You probably assumed it was Assembly code. :)
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I suspect he was thinking that the graphics were drawn using basic commands, and that the game could have been published as a type-in.
Obviously there's no clear definition of a basic program...
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Kweepa wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:14 pm I suspect he was thinking that the graphics were drawn using basic commands, and that the game could have been published as a type-in.
Obviously there's no clear definition of a basic program...
If PC never leaves the range $0 - $3FFF then it's BASIC.
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Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:33 pm
cha05e90 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:15 amApparently I liked it so much, that I did a own loading screen for it (which is btw. muuuch nicer the the one that came with the sold version). :-)
Why don't you upload it to ZX-Art?
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