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COMMODORE BASIC PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE
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I thought I would start a challenge
to all BASIC coders, (I know
everyone hates BASIC; except of
course the people who want to and
still do use it) below is a small
piece of code, its supposed to be a
game called asteroid belt, you guide
a ship "V" round the stars avoiding
the asteroids "*" and collection
fuel pods "."
The game is unoriginal and has be
written many times before, however!
I thought it would be fun to start a
challenge to all programmers to take
my efforts and expand them as far as
BASIC would permit. Also what about
a Commodore 16/plus4 version or a
Vic20 version or even an Amiga
version in something like AMOS.
Remember this is a learning
experience so please heavily
document all changes and write up
what the changes do! whether that is
to speed up the code or add
enhancements. Speaking of
enhancements here are some I could
think of
* Better Graphics
* Sound
* Alien ships appearing at random
that need shooting
* Better scrolling
* On screen score and shields
* High score table
* Joystick support
(C=Free) The next article is the
listing & the next, an explanation
so you can see what the program
does.
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