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0 pointsjhallenworld2y ago0 comments

It had to be a horrible experience for him since for sure he was familiar with other BASICs. One example: Prior to Pirates!, in 1982, Sid Meir made a game called Chopper Rescue in Atari 800 BASIC:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/41499/chopper-rescue/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUyebYD5UO0

C64 BASIC had to be a step back, but that's where the sales were to be made. For example, in Atari 800 BASIC variables were not limited to two characters.

C64 BASIC was really PET basic from ~1976, very close to Microsoft's Altair BASIC.

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eggy2y ago

I programmed in PET basic in 1977/78 on my PET 2001 computer with a tape drive. Oh, the memories! And trying to explain to my mom and dad what the large thing on my desk was, and what could you do with it. Dad would bring up Colossus:The Forbin Project (the 1970 movie, which I saw a few years before buying my PET used for $832 in NYC).

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