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The language was distributed as an 8 KB ROM cartridge for use with the 1979 Atari 400 and 800 computers and included the Atari BASIC Reference Manual written by Carol Shaw and Keith Brewster. [2] [3] [4] Starting with the 600XL and 800XL in 1983, BASIC is built into the system. There are three primary versions of the software: the original ...
BASIC Programming is an Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600) cartridge that teaches simple computer programming using a dialect of BASIC.Written by Warren Robinett and released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, this BASIC interpreter is one of a few non-game cartridges for the console.
OSS purchased Atari BASIC, Atari DOS, and Atari Assembler Editor from Shepardson Microsystems who had concluded that their versions of BASIC and DOS were not viable. [citation needed] The new company enhanced the programs, renaming them OS/A+ (the Disk Operating System), BASIC A+ (a disk-based language), and EASMD (an update to the Assembler ...
Tengen manufactured both licensed and unlicensed versions of three of their NES games (R.B.I. Baseball, Gauntlet, and Pac-Man).The cartridges for their unlicensed games did not come in the gray, semi-square shape that licensed NES games came in; instead, they are rounded and matte-black, and resemble the original Atari cartridges.
The cartridge version was called Atari Microsoft BASIC II. Although more feature-filled than Atari BASIC, Microsoft BASIC never had the popularity that Atari BASIC had. The biggest problems were: increased memory needed (at least 32 KB) disk drive required; performance (faster than Atari BASIC, but slower than Turbo-Basic XL and BASIC XL) not ...
Atari was able to secure an exclusive deal with Namco to be able to convert Pac-Man to home arcade systems, starting with the Atari VCS version. [47] Atari's management believed that the game would be a sure-fire hit in the same manner as Space Invaders. [48] However, the game exceeded the hardware capabilities of the VCS.
Basic Math is an educational video game for the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS). [a] The game was developed at Atari, Inc. by Gary Palmer. The game involves a series of ten arithmetic problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. The player can edit different gameplay modes to alter how the numbers in the ...
Atari ST BASIC (or ST Basic) was the first dialect of BASIC that was produced for the Atari ST line of computers. This BASIC interpreter was bundled with all new STs in the early years of the ST's lifespan, and quickly became the standard BASIC for that platform. However, many users disliked it, and improved dialects of BASIC quickly came out ...