Best BASIC game?
- Juan F. Ramirez
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 5133
- Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:55 am
- Location: Málaga, Spain
Re: Best BASIC game?
Wasn't Viking Raiders written in BASIC?
My fave is Indiana Jones y el Idolo de Oro (list published in Microhobby).
My fave is Indiana Jones y el Idolo de Oro (list published in Microhobby).
Re: Best BASIC game?
I assume it got a "Seal of Approval"Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:07 pmMy fave is Indiana Jones y el Idolo de Oro (list published in Microhobby).
I'm sure someone said The Witch's Cauldron was a BASIC game? Haven't checked. Seems to be quite highly rated.
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
- Einar Saukas
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 3097
- Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:48 pm
Re: Best BASIC game?
Why don't you upload it to ZX-Art?
Re: Best BASIC game?
My vote would be for The Biz. It's still great. (Also, as mentioned, Mined Out is also still very good and worth a play)
CLEAR 23855
Re: Best BASIC game?
The tap contents don't look very BASICy:Morkin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:59 pm I'm sure someone said The Witch's Cauldron was a BASIC game? Haven't checked. Seems to be quite highly rated.
Code: Select all
Program: CAULDRON LINE 0
Data (490 Bytes)
Data (6913 Bytes)
Data (40886 Bytes)
End if Tape
Re: Best BASIC game?
"Go to Jail" (Automata) - Monopoly in Basic (for 2 to 5 players), how cool is that?
Re: Best BASIC game?
This IQ-Test is really nice. Not really a game, though.
"Mined Out" would be one of my favourites, too. Very well done.
"Mined Out" would be one of my favourites, too. Very well done.
Re: Best BASIC game?
The Wild Bunch is a cracker. It is pure BASIC isn't it?
Re: Best BASIC game?
My first Spectrum was a +2, so Basic games were pretty much a thing of the past by then. But the one I did play, and play a lot was Football Manager, and thought it was a great game. I had a shot of it recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will definitely play it again when I get my Next and spend a bit more time playing Speccy games.
Vantage Point - Priest / Maiden influenced metal
http://www.facebook.com/vantagepointrocks
http://www.youtube.com/user/vantagepointrocks
http://www.facebook.com/vantagepointrocks
http://www.youtube.com/user/vantagepointrocks
- Ast A. Moore
- Rick Dangerous
- Posts: 2641
- Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:16 pm
Re: Best BASIC game?
Yes.Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:30 am Is Dictator writen in Basic?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1388
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: Best BASIC game?
Wasn't The Great Space Race written in Basic? It would be far, far down the list of Best Basic Games though
ZX Spectrum Reviews REST API: http://zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/
Re: Best BASIC game?
Not actually a released BASIC game as it was a type-in, but none the less, still an excellent game:
Forest of Long Shadows
This was pretty good as well:
Pixy the microdot
Forest of Long Shadows
This was pretty good as well:
Pixy the microdot
Re: Best BASIC game?
Ah yeah - just checked, that's definitely not stonk.... errrr.... BASIC...!Kweepa wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:35 pmThe tap contents don't look very BASICy:Morkin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:59 pm I'm sure someone said The Witch's Cauldron was a BASIC game? Haven't checked. Seems to be quite highly rated.Code: Select all
Program: CAULDRON LINE 0 Data (490 Bytes) Data (6913 Bytes) Data (40886 Bytes) End if Tape
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
Re: Best BASIC game?
Can we include games released in the past 15 years? The Bytemaniacos BASIC competition, for example, had a few games that impressed me when they were released. And wasn't there a game completely written in BASIC that was released just months ago? A good one, that is.
- PeteProdge
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 3572
- Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:03 am
Re: Best BASIC game?
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll by K-Tel. Properly superb. Far better than Rock Star Ate My Hamster.
Reheated Pixels - a combination of retrogaming, comedy and factual musing, is here!
New video: Nine ZX Spectrum magazine controversies - How Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User managed to offend the world!
New video: Nine ZX Spectrum magazine controversies - How Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User managed to offend the world!
- Einar Saukas
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 3097
- Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:48 pm
Re: Best BASIC game?
Are you allowed to vote for your own games?
Re: Best BASIC game?
I think it's shameful. Especially when, as far as BASIC games go, Sixteen Skirmish is much better.
- Einar Saukas
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 3097
- Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:48 pm
Re: Best BASIC game?
Re: Best BASIC game?
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
- Einar Saukas
- Bugaboo
- Posts: 3097
- Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:48 pm
Re: Best BASIC game?
The UDG graphics are loaded separately using LOAD ""CODE. You probably assumed it was Assembly code.
Re: Best BASIC game?
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...
Obviously there's no clear definition of a basic program...