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Picnic 05 May 2013, 21:16
What is Hobby BASIC? Hobby BASIC is a modern, structured BASIC interpreter for the classic Windows console (CMD.EXE), combining retro simplicity with ANSI graphics, networking, and direct Win32 API access. Key Features: 🔹BASIC-like syntax with rich collection of specialized commands 🔹Full keyboard & mouse input in console 🔹ANSI-encoded graphics support 🔹UDP networking functions 🔹Standalone pseudo-executables 🔹Windows 7/8/10/11 compatible 🔹Draw - ANSI drawing tool fully written in Hobby BASIC 🔹FPU string math & Win32 API support 🔹Super Tiny BASIC included with full source code 🔹Runs flawlessly for 10+ years across Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11 🔹Developed in 32-bit x86 assembly My goal has always been to create a simple, user-friendly language designed for game development within the Windows console—and I believe it's progressing quite well! Hobby BASIC is a small, unsigned executable. Although some antivirus tools might falsely flag it due to its small size and lack of a digital signature, rest assured that it is 100% safe to use. ▶ Download -- Current version: 2.5.7 (uploaded May 2026). Useful links: 🔹Online Guide — learn Hobby BASIC the easy way 🔹Full Feature Overview — all capabilities in one page 🔹YouTube Video Tour — see it in action 🔹Chrome blocking? — fix here Showcase From concept to console: A showcase of Hobby BASIC game development through the years, featuring ANSI graphics 📌 Notes on the games. 
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AsmGuru62 05 May 2013, 22:15
Great stuff!
Things like that motivate beginners to start programming. |
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MHajduk 05 May 2013, 22:28
I suppose that the author's sentiment to QuickBasic was the main inspiration for this project. Nice thing.
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typedef 07 May 2013, 04:31
Nice. This prompts me to make a CLI graphics library. Looks pretty neat.
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Picnic 07 May 2013, 10:10
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TmX 07 May 2013, 15:45
This is very nice.
Reminiscent of DOS apps. Mouse handling would be a nice addition, I think  |
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HaHaAnonymous 07 May 2013, 20:58
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Picnic 18 Aug 2013, 22:52
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Picnic 15 Dec 2013, 01:37
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typedef 15 Dec 2013, 05:58
I get this when I run MOUSE
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Picnic 15 Dec 2013, 10:10
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typedef 15 Dec 2013, 14:27
Windows 7 64 bit. Actually all the programs except the binary and the the color ones. And why it says print I don't know
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Picnic 15 Dec 2013, 17:28
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typedef 15 Dec 2013, 17:34
I see. It's a version difference thing.
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Picnic 18 Dec 2013, 21:33
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typedef 18 Dec 2013, 22:53
They work now
 . Care to share what was causing it to say that? |
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Picnic 19 Dec 2013, 21:09
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typedef 20 Dec 2013, 01:13
Picnic wrote: Nice to hear! Hmm. Nice, what Win7 version? |
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Picnic 20 Dec 2013, 20:37
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