Mr SQL Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Bally Alley had an inspiring thread awhile back on the Atari 8-bit forum about a Tiny BASIC for the Atari. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238779-tiny-basic-on-atari-8-bit/ If you know Bally BASIC, you will be able to program the Atari immediately with this Tiny BASIC! Check out the examples on the thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/253942-imagine-atari-basic-on-the-2600/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Bally Alley had an inspiring thread awhile back on the Atari 8-bit forum about a Tiny BASIC for the Atari. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238779-tiny-basic-on-atari-8-bit/ If you know Bally BASIC, you will be able to program the Atari immediately with this Tiny BASIC! I just re-read that thread. I had somehow not read the last posting there, which is actually about a port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari 2600. It's called vwBASIC (Virtual World BASIC). You can read about it here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238779-tiny-basic-on-atari-8-bit/ I was pretty surprised to learn that there was no port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari 8-but computers. It makes sense why it doesn't already exist (after all, there is already Atari BASIC), but there are so many tech/demo projects that I'd figure someone would have ported the 6502 port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari. Maybe someday someone will do that. I know I'd give it a whirl. (Thanks, "Mr SQL," for bringing attention this Tiny BASIC thread over here in the Astrocade sub-forum). Adam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 I just re-read that thread. I had somehow not read the last posting there, which is actually about a port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari 2600. It's called vwBASIC (Virtual World BASIC). You can read about it here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238779-tiny-basic-on-atari-8-bit/ I was pretty surprised to learn that there was no port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari 8-but computers. It makes sense why it doesn't already exist (after all, there is already Atari BASIC), but there are so many tech/demo projects that I'd figure someone would have ported the 6502 port of Tiny BASIC to the Atari. Maybe someday someone will do that. I know I'd give it a whirl. (Thanks, "Mr SQL," for bringing attention this Tiny BASIC thread over here in the Astrocade sub-forum). Adam You're welcome! I think Astrocade programmers have the familiarity with Tiny BASIC to start programming in this BASIC right away. And I am working on a compatible version for the 8-bit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 You're welcome! I think Astrocade programmers have the familiarity with Tiny BASIC to start programming in this BASIC right away. And I am working on a compatible version for the 8-bit If you make it 5200 compatible you can be the ONLY BASIC compiler for that console. 5200BAS is long, long inactive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 If you make it 5200 compatible you can be the ONLY BASIC compiler for that console. 5200BAS is long, long inactive. Yes I am making it compatible with the 5200 and 400. I am hoping to have it compile the same games accross systems so I am really abstracting the hardware on the 8-bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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