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"Basic Computer Games", rewritten in multiple programming languages (github.com)

submitted 3 years ago by unquietwiki@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Saw this on Hacker News; it's an ongoing compendium of classic BASIC games, rewritten in up to 10 accepted programming languages; as well as space for "alternative" languages.

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[–] pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

This looks incredibly cool and fun. Would be interested trying to re-write some of the games myself when I have some free time.

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[–] dovah@lemmy.world 47 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Said every developer.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It has only been about 44 years. I expect to have some time next week.

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Same. Should be able to get it done in two to three weeks. This time for sure maybe

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[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago

I'll set aside a couple hours this weekend to knock out a couple.

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[–] pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org 7 points 3 years ago

Indeed... :|

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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago

I did this with a BASIC game called Wizard's Castle that I played a lot of as a kid. The first step was to "reverse engineer" the manually-compressed BASIC code and write up a spec. Then I rewrote it in Rust as a learning exercise. 🙂

https://github.com/beejjorgensen/Wizards-Castle-Info

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[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago

Holy shit, I used to own this book.

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 points 3 years ago

Why would anyone want to change from BASIC?