BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight
De:       Oregonian Haruspex
Data:     Thu, 7 May 2026 13:00:02 +1100
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Dennis Katsonis  wrote:
>   Re: Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight
>   By: marika to All on Fri Apr 10 2026 03:45 am
> 
>  > Mortar M.  wrote:
>  > >   Re: Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight
>  > >   By: Kalevi Kolttonen to All on Tue Mar 10 2026 13:30:01
>  >
>  > >  > C64 BASIC is beyond awful and should never be used in 2026. Why would
>  > anyone
>  > >  > torture kids with that lame BASIC?
>  >
>  > > I think you're missing the point of retro-computing.
>  >
>  >
>  > Right?
> 
> To be frank, C64 basic wasn't that great, even back then.  My first computer
> was a VZ 200, which predated the C64 (I think it was sold as a V-Tech 200 in
> the US?  Here in Australia it was popular), and even it had a version of basic
> where you could draw lines and do graphics.
> 

Commodore got a cheap deal on an earlier MS BASIC, then stuck with it with
the C64. It wasn?t as nice or capable as some BASICs even from the same
era. But it ended up being less of a disaster than you might think, because
it practically forced people to learn assembly. A huge number of legendary
programmers got their start because BASIC was too slow or lacked features.


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