Jess Ragan Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Batari's 2600 BASIC compiler is a great start, but there are a lot of other game systems out there that in desperate need of their own high-level programming language. Of these consoles, the Vectrex deserves it the most. This system is incredibly powerful and versatile, and a BASIC compiler would really bring out its full potential... not to mention give gamers a lot more Vectrex software to play! JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottHuggins Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Jess, Have you checked out the C compiler library available for vectrex? It takes a bunch of the complexity out of the 6809 assembly stuff. But, C is a whole bunch "lower" level than basic. Batari's 2600 BASIC compiler is a great start, but there are a lot of other game systems out there that in desperate need of their own high-level programming language. Of these consoles, the Vectrex deserves it the most. This system is incredibly powerful and versatile, and a BASIC compiler would really bring out its full potential... not to mention give gamers a lot more Vectrex software to play! JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmips Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 But, C is a whole bunch "lower" level than basic. batari Basic is a compiled language and is just as 'low level' as C, in fact since it is unfettered with the goal of having to adhere to a standard, it could even be considered lower level than C. You may not be able to port code to batari Basic but it certainly has a lot of built in support for the system for which it was designed. Similarly, a compiled language combined with a set of commands and/or libraries for the Vectrex would be pretty nice for a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 A guy on rec.games.vectrex has started work on a Vectrex BASIC. It uses the PS/2 keyboard interface, it's pretty limited at the moment but has math functions and can do stuff like - 10 PRINT "Vectrex is cool !!!!!!" 20 GOTO 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 A Vectrex BASIC would have to be pretty limited in the visual department to generate a stable display. Nevermind racing the beam-- on the Vectrex, you ARE the beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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