I know it's strictly not all BASIC as I believe it uses machine code for the scrolling routines, but I believe the majority of it was written in good old BASIC - always had a fond spot for The Oracles Cave.
Oh, Football Manager has got to be up there.
Best BASIC game
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Re: Best BASIC game
My favorites are Abyss, Ghost Town (from Virgin, first text adventure I ever played) and Fall Of Rome.
Speaking of more recent titles, Pandemia is also worth trying in my opinion.
Speaking of more recent titles, Pandemia is also worth trying in my opinion.
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probly Oracle's Cave if it counts.
Journey's End seems to be a Basic game, partly at least?
Journey's End seems to be a Basic game, partly at least?
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It has to be Rompetechos, a recent Homebrew game, an arcade-adventure, which probes that BASIC can be really powerful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOHMx85yBw&t=406s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOHMx85yBw&t=406s
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whoa that is the most impressive
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There were some really impressive entries in the ZX BASIC Jam competition earlier this year. I was particularly fond of "Tarzan" and "Killer Ducks from Outer Space" - proof that you can do successful arcade games in BASIC if you try hard enough!
https://itch.io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam/entries
https://itch.io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam/entries