YA Basic

On the original demo disk you get when you buy a ps2 has anyone checked out the preloaded programs on YA Basic? You can check out some graphic effects. They are pretty stink. But there is a all little worm game. It\'s really cheap but fun for about 10 minutes.

How can I load the game Vulcan??

When you first load YA basic up just push select. Then push accross to go to NEW - A Then go to load page. Load up the pre built in code.

The game is called worms. The other ones a stink. Just show cheesy graphics that the SNES could do.

It takes 5 minutes to finish this game.

does any one know the site for the codes for programming these, i did have one once but cant find it now. if i findit ill put it up

I have a book about BASIC, too, but I can\'t find it!!!!!!! AAARRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Vulcan

If you can program in any Basic language you should be able to do it in YA Basic. It\'s familiar. I\'m learning Visual Basic so I sort of know what I\'m doing

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Originally posted by Vulcan Raven
If you can program in any Basic language you should be able to do it in YA Basic. It\'s familiar. I\'m learning Visual Basic so I sort of know what I\'m doing

If you are learning Visual Basic, I recommend "Visual Basic 6 from Ground Up" by Cornell and also of course you can\'t go wrong with the "Offical Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Documentation" or whatever they are called. They are good books that cover the basics and so on.

Here is the official site:

http://www.playstation-basic.com/yabasic/index.html

and here is another cool site:


http://www.yabasic.co.uk/files.html#games

Check out the second if you feel like playing pong or Who wants to be a Millionare.

Only thing is this??...who the hell is going to take their time to insert all the coding??...for all if you do not have a USB keyboard.

What do you guys think?

Thanks for the links.

Its a shame that Sony didnt do anything with YA-Basic on the PS2, could have been a great way to get people interested in developing their own games - but look on coverdiscs and in the magazines and you see nothing about YA-Basic, even the Playstation-Basic site remains virtually unchanged since its launch.

For those interested in looking at using Basic for games development maybe they should try out these two versions of Basic aimed at games development:
- http://www.blitzbasic.com
- http://www.darkbasic.com

Also does anyone remember that fully featured games development kit for the PS2 released in Japan that was based around Basic? Has there been any new news on it?

-bd

Thanks for all the links guys.

It\'s not hard to do stuff in basic. even humping chimps

Has anyone here used a USB keyboard for the programming?...instead of the control.  I will, not the hell, use the control to program any games because I would sit from now to the end of the month just to program Pong.