BASIC on the Sega Saturn ?!
Added 2020-04-20 11:47:00 +0000 UTCDid you know you could program using BASIC on the Sega Saturn? In 1998, Bits Laboratory released Game BASIC for the Sega Saturn. An easy way for programmers to write games on the Saturn without an expensive development kit. In this episode we take a look at what BASIC is, its importance in game development and theorize why it was made available for the Saturn
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It's difficult to describe, and I don't know if it's intentional, but the videos are scripted and edited in a way that makes the hardware & software feel as though they are current modern hardware / software. It's like dressing old technologies in a very interesting modern presentation that doesn't rely on nostalgia. I keep catching myself itching to try out writing sample proof of concepts for the Amiga (my favorite 80s computer) / PS1 / Saturn /etc.., the same way I feel today for the brand new stuff that comes out in say C# (or C++) langauge specificaiton / APIs / Frameworks /etc..
H7
2020-04-20 14:42:35 +0000 UTC
