The BASIC programming language and how it ended up on the Sega Saturn | MVG

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Published on April 20, 2020 11:45:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_QU8eaMymo

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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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► Intro/Outro Music - Everyway by h0ffman - https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman/hoffman-everyway

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► https://segaretro.org/Bits_Laboratory
► https://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,T-2111G,,Game-Basic-for-SegaSaturn-JPN.html
► https://web.archive.org/web/20010303035259/http://www.highway.ne.jp/bitslabo/basic/tech/faq.htm
► http://web.archive.org/web/20050212164703/http://www3.ezbbs.net/cgi/bbs?id=ykgbbbs&dd=29&p=2

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