IntyBASIC: a BASIC compiler for Intellivision
I was working in Space Raid for Intellivision when I wondered about possibilities to make easier the development of games for Intellivision.
There is a full set of tools for emulation ( jzintv ) and programming in assembler (as1600) created by Joseph Zbiciak (intvnut).
But in every program you need to start almost from zero and there are few libraries.
The Intellivision console The Intellivision console
The Intellivision being created in 1979 just around the same time BASIC exploded as a general purpose microcomputer language, what would be more natural than a BASIC compiler? ;)
I started working in October 2013 in my ultrasecret project and the version 0.1 got published in January 28, 2014 with versions for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Following the intvnut's toolset style, IntyBASIC is a cross compiler that takes BASIC source code and translates it to CP1610 assembler code. You only have to enter this to test your game:
intybasic game.bas game.asm as1600 game.asm -o game jzintv game
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