10x Faster Than C64 BASIC? Hare Basic
1,533Hare Basic is a fast, limited instruction set, integer-only basic interpreter (not a compiler) for Commodore 64 and VIC 20, created by Aleksi Eeben and released for free download in May 2024. There's an excellent handbook included, and the distribution disk includes many excellent example programs. I had a lot of fun developing a little game prototype with Hare Basic and found that it was surprisingly fast and easy to use. Join me as I show you what I've learned about the language, as we walk through the code of some of the included example programs, and the small game I wrote with it.
Downloads here:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=242880
https://bit.ly/harebasic
https://bit.ly/harebasichandbook
https://8bitshowandtell.com/downloads/descending.d64
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Index:
0:00 Playing Descending Doom game prototype
3:20 Hare Basic - a faster BASIC
8:07 BALLOONS demo
15:16 FILLSPEED demo
19:16 RASTER demo
21:31 TIPS: various code snippets
24:28 Descending Doom walkthrough:setup
29:37 Move spaceship
34:31 Move/detect bullet/fire
37:00 Descend the Doom
41:56 Title Screen / Game Won / Lost
43:46 Some final thoughts & info
46:05 Thanks to my patrons!