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dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
https://vidakovich.itch.io/bagquest

ended up publishing a first version of BAGQUEST.BAS here.

this is a roguelike that is based on the concept of a line of tiles.

comes in at ~8KB RAM usage, and ~270 lines of pure Commodore V2 BASIC code.

please enjoy.

#gamedev #basic #TinyBASIC […]
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anticapitalist.party
September 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
please find VIC EDITYPE, one of the text editors we uncovered in our archaeological dig, re-released on itch:

https://vidakovich.itch.io/vic-editype

#retrocomputing #basic #vic20 #c64 #commodore64 #tinybasic #permacomputing
VIC EDITYPE by ~vidak
This mini word processor for the VIC lets you cut, edit, and save text to tape.
vidakovich.itch.io
September 6, 2026 at 4:55 AM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
work is proceeding on Dandelion BASIC in earnest.

this is the first serious code laid down since this new attempt.

for updates please follow:

https://codeberg.org/vidak/dandelion

#retrocomputing #basic #tinybasic #arduino #asm #assembly #permacomputing
two emacs windows. left and right. on the left is dandelion.S, and on the right is the Whippleway ATmega1280 Tiny BASIC, a direct interpreter.
September 2, 2026 at 5:42 AM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
https://hackaday.io/project/18851-8008-1k-tiny-basic

https://github.com/paulscottrobson/1k-coding-challenge

#tinybasic #retrocomputing #permacomputing
GitHub - paulscottrobson/1k-coding-challenge: 8008 Tiny Basic
8008 Tiny Basic. Contribute to paulscottrobson/1k-coding-challenge development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
August 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some BASIC programming

https://vid.shadowkat.net/w/gJ21hiAuhdiZW93L4pY7uD

still working on BAGQUEST

#retrocomputing #TinyBASIC #basic
BASIC Programming: BAGQUEST
Here I am adapting BAGQUEST.BAS from the Commodore 64 to the BBC Micro B.
vid.shadowkat.net
August 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
presently streaming the cursed porting of BAGQUEST out of the insanity of commodore 64 BASIC toward the rational, sane, beautiful BBC BASIC...

https://vid.shadowkat.net/w/gJ21hiAuhdiZW93L4pY7uD

#retrocomputing #basic #TinyBASIC #commodore64 #c64 #bbcmicro
BASIC Programming: BAGQUEST
Here I am adapting BAGQUEST.BAS from the Commodore 64 to the BBC Micro B.
vid.shadowkat.net
August 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
working on the video game i am collaborating on with my girlfriend, this evening <3

#gamedev #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #basic #TinyBASIC
a screenshot of a BBC Micro emulator. it contains a grid and some BASIC code.
August 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some streaming!

come join the porting process of BAGQUEST!

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

#TinyBASIC #basic #retrocomputing #gamedev #retrogaming #bbcmicro #bbc #c64 #commodore64
a treasure chest and a candle.
August 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some BASIC streaming this morning.

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

#retrocomputing #TinyBASIC #basic #bbcmicro #bbc
dungeon of doom PDF on the left, containing a BASIC type in listing. on the right is an emacs window, where i am transcribing the BASIC manually.
August 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some more BASIC streaming.

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

#retrocomputing #TinyBASIC #basic #bbcmicro #bbc #8bit
the dungeon of doom listing on the left, and emacs on the right, where i am transcribing the program.
August 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some streaming

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

porting BAGQUEST.BAS from Commodore 64 BASIC to TinyBasicWeb

cc @mdhughes

#TinyBASIC #retrocomputing #c64 #commodore64 #basic
two windows inside emacs. on the left is GOBLINS by @mdhughes, on the right we have BAGQUEST.
July 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
bitbybitsynths.com
The Turbo V (technically the emulator) now has a basic working version of BASIC! It's an almost straight port of Stefan's TinyBASIC with some glue between the kernel.

#TurboV #BASIC #RetroComputing #RISCV
July 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
big update @ the BASIC archive:

https://archive.basiclang.solarpunk.au/basic-archive/implementations/asm/

lots of different assembly language versions of BASIC.

#retrocomputing #basic #tinybasic
Index of /basic-archive/implementations/asm/
archive.basiclang.solarpunk.au
July 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
the video playback may interest some.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2819567122

#retrocomputing #TinyBASIC #asm #assembly #Permacomputing
Arduino Assembly Language Programming: Tiny BASIC Interpreter - comrade_vidak on Twitch
comrade_vidak went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Software and Game Development VOD now.
www.twitch.tv
July 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
doing some more live coding streaming

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

here i am working directly on

https://codeberg.org/vidak/dandelion/

#livecoding #basic #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #assembly #TinyBASIC
dandelion.S source code in an emacs buffer. Tiny BASIC Extended (TBX) source code in an emacs buffer.
July 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
this should give you a rough idea of where i am going with the code.

it is very tightly following the 8080 implementation of Tiny BASIC Extended.

https://paste.sr.ht/~vidak/c76d042342675987c1d85558592fb8e88b4f3ab6

#TinyBASIC #basic #asm
dandelion.S — paste.sr.ht
paste.sr.ht
July 14, 2026 at 3:21 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
We have roughly one half of our stock left on our zine listing on Etsy!

#TinyBASIC #retrocomputing #commodore64 #c64 #basic #zine #zines

https://dandelionbasic.etsy.com/listing/4520511258
GOBLINS.BAS type in BASIC program zine cover. It has a little pixel art goblin on the front.
July 9, 2026 at 8:14 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
okay i did some more digital archeology.

i was pointed to nibble magazine by someone on matrix, and i found:

- quickwriter
- nibblewriter

and a few others, all written in BASIC.

so expect some cool blog posts in the future.

#TinyBASIC #retrocomputing #basic
a screenshot of quickwriter, a word processor written in apple ii BASIC. nibblewriter. another apple ii BASIC word processor.
July 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
I'm live on Twitch, come hang out!

Doing some live coding of a Tiny BASIC flight simulator!

https://www.twitch.tv/comrade_vidak

#retrocomputing #TinyBASIC #basic #live #livecoding
comrade_vidak - Twitch
Watch me code in BASIC!
www.twitch.tv
July 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
just updated the README for BAGQUEST:

https://codeberg.org/vidak/BAGQUEST.BAS

the game is coming together, we're on the home stretch now, pretty much everything works, and i just need to have interactive documentation etc etc

#retrocomputing #basic #commodore64 #commodore #TinyBASIC
BAGQUEST.BAS
BAGQUEST.BAS: A sandbox game about bags, written in a portable BASIC.
codeberg.org
June 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
Please be advised that there is a matrix chat room for BASIC programming here at:

https://matrix.to/#/#basic:solarpunk.au

#TinyBASIC #basic #retrocomputing
June 28, 2026 at 4:59 AM
dirtycommo.anticapitalist.party.ap.brid.gy
please find attached here a video playthrough of BAGQUEST.BAS

it is getting close to being what i imagined.

it is quite a trippy game to play!

https://codeberg.org/vidak/BAGQUEST.BAS

#basic #TinyBASIC #commodore64 #c64 #retrocomputing
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anticapitalist.party
June 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
currently looking through these resources:

https://www.instructables.com/Homebrew-8-Bit-Computer-With-TinyBASIC-ATMEGA1284P/

https://www.instructables.com/Handheld-BASIC-Computer/

https://www.instructables.com/Single-Chip-AVR-BASIC-Computer/ […]
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retro.social
April 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
https://bunsen.itch.io/tinybasic-zx-spectrum-by-matthew-begg

"Ever tried writing a BASIC interpreter inside a BASIC interpreter? No? Well, I've done it for you. And not just any BASIC interpreter, but one crammed into a mere ten lines that is a love letter to the early hobbyist pioneers from […]
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retro.social
April 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
permacomputer.retro.social.ap.brid.gy
http://www.ittybittycomputers.com/IttyBitty/TinyBasic/

#solarpunk #permacomputing #retrocomputing
Tiny Basic Info
www.ittybittycomputers.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM