Category:BASIC type-ins

BASIC code to type-in for your Commander X16. Created for Compute’s Gazette magazine.

Snaker in BASIC

Posted on July 27, 2025Updated on October 13, 2025by Jason OakleyCategories:BASIC type-ins

Snaker is a game I wrote in BASIC for the Commander X16 and published in Compute’s Gazette magazine. It’s like the snake games of old! Many may remember snake from the Nokia phones, but it existed for many years before that on our 8-bit and 16-bit computers. Control your snake with the arrow keys, eating …
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Bouncer in BASIC

Posted on July 27, 2025Updated on July 27, 2025by Jason OakleyCategories:BASIC type-ins

Bouncer is a little type-in game I wrote for Compute’s Gazette magazine. You can find the code below. This game is kind of like Breakout games and clones, only in this one you just juggle the balls bouncing around the screen. This may seem simple, but the more balls you keep bouncing around the faster …
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