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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#e0e0e0;">AMOS</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Programming_paradigm" title="Programming paradigm">Paradigm</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Imperative_programming" title="Imperative programming">Imperative</a>, <a href="Procedural_programming" title="Procedural programming">Procedural</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Software_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Software developer">Developer</a></th><td class="infobox-data organiser"><a href="Fran%C3%A7ois_Lionet" title="François Lionet">François Lionet</a> and <a href="Constantin_Sotiropoulos" title="Constantin Sotiropoulos">Constantin Sotiropoulos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appeared</th><td class="infobox-data">1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1990</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Type_system" title="Type system">Typing discipline</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Static</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">OS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="AmigaOS" title="AmigaOS">AmigaOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD style license</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120204085705/http://www.clickteam.com/eng/downloadcenter.php?i=58">AMOS and STOS</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EEEEEE;"><a href="Programming_language#Dialects,_flavors_and_implementations" title="Programming language">Dialects</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">AMOS, Easy AMOS, AMOS Professional</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EEEEEE;">Influenced by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="STOS_BASIC" title="STOS BASIC">STOS BASIC</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>AMOS BASIC</b> is a dialect of the <a href="BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a> <a href="Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a> for the <a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> computer. Following on from the successful <a href="STOS_BASIC" title="STOS BASIC">STOS BASIC</a> for the <a href="Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, AMOS BASIC was written for the Amiga by <a href="Fran%C3%A7ois_Lionet" title="François Lionet">François Lionet</a> with <a href="Constantin_Sotiropoulos" title="Constantin Sotiropoulos">Constantin Sotiropoulos</a> and published by <a href="Europress_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Europress Software">Europress Software</a> in 1990.

</p><p>The language was notable for its focus on media and game development capabilities, allowing users to easily create demanding multimedia software and games. It featured full structured code and numerous high-level functions for loading and manipulating images, animations, and sounds. These capabilities made it a popular choice among Amiga enthusiasts, particularly beginners, for creating video games (especially <a href="Platformer" title="Platformer">platformers</a> and graphical adventures), multimedia applications, and educational software.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>AMOS competed on the Amiga platform with Acid Software's <a href="Blitz_BASIC" title="Blitz BASIC">Blitz BASIC</a>. Both BASICs differed from other dialects on different platforms, in that they allowed the easy creation of fairly demanding multimedia software, with full structured code and many high-level functions to load images, animations, sounds and display them in various ways.

</p><p>The original AMOS was a <a href="BASIC_interpreter" title="BASIC interpreter">BASIC interpreter</a> which, whilst working fine, suffered the same disadvantages of any language being run <a href="Interpreter_(computing)" title="Interpreter (computing)">interpretively</a>. By all accounts, AMOS was extremely fast among interpreted languages, being speedy enough that an extension called AMOS 3D could produce playable 3D games even on plain 7 MHz 68000 Amigas. Later, an AMOS <a href="Compiler" title="Compiler">compiler</a> was developed that further increased speed. AMOS could also run <a href="MC68000" class="mw-redirect" title="MC68000">MC68000</a> machine code, loaded into a program's memory banks.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>To simplify animation of sprites, AMOS included the AMOS Animation Language (AMAL), a compiled sprite scripting language which runs independently of the main AMOS BASIC program.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also possible to control screen and "rainbow" effects using AMAL scripts. AMAL scripts in effect created CopperLists, small routines executed by the Amiga's Agnus chip.

</p><p>After the original version of AMOS, Europress released a compiler (<b>AMOS Compiler</b>), and two other versions of the language: <b>Easy AMOS</b>, a simpler version for beginners, and <b>AMOS Professional</b>, a more advanced version with added features, such as a better <a href="Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">integrated development environment</a>, <a href="ARexx" title="ARexx">ARexx</a> support, a new <a href="User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a> API and new <a href="Control_flow" title="Control flow">flow control constructs</a>. Neither of these new versions was significantly more popular than the original AMOS.

</p><p>AMOS was used mostly to make multimedia software, <a href="Video_game" title="Video game">video games</a> (platformers and graphical adventures) and educational software.

</p><p>The language was mildly successful within the Amiga community. Its ease of use made it especially attractive to beginners.

</p><p>One of AMOS BASIC's disadvantages, stemming from its <a href="Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a> lineage, was its incompatibility with the Amiga's <a href="AmigaOS" title="AmigaOS">operating system</a> functions and interfaces. Instead, AMOS BASIC controlled the computer directly, which caused programs written in it to have a non-standard user interface, and also caused compatibility problems with newer versions of hardware.

</p><p>Today, the language has declined in popularity along with the Amiga computer for which it was written. Despite this, a small community of enthusiasts are still using it. The <a href="Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> to AMOS was released around 2001 under a <a href="BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD style license</a> by <a href="Clickteam" title="Clickteam">Clickteam</a>, a company that includes the original programmer.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software">Software</h2></div>

<p>Software written using AMOS BASIC includes:

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<ul><li><i>AQUABYSS</i> by <i>Aged Code</i>, is a 2022 <a href="Strategy_video_game" title="Strategy video game">strategy</a> trading game for the <a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><i><a href="Miggybyte" title="Miggybyte">Miggybyte</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Scorched_Tanks" title="Scorched Tanks">Scorched Tanks</a></i></li>

<li>Games by <a href="Vulcan_Software" title="Vulcan Software">Vulcan Software</a>, amongst which was the <i><a href="Valhalla%3A_Before_the_War" title="Valhalla: Before the War">Valhalla</a></i> trilogy</li>

<li>Amiga version of <i><a href="Ultimate_Domain" title="Ultimate Domain">Ultimate Domain</a></i> (called <i>Genesia</i>) by <a href="Micro%C3%AFds" class="mw-redirect" title="Microïds">Microïds</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Flight_of_the_Amazon_Queen" title="Flight of the Amazon Queen">Flight of the Amazon Queen</a></i>, by Interactive Binary Illusions<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><i>Extreme Violence</i>, included on an <i><a href="Amiga_Power" title="Amiga Power">Amiga Power</a></i> cover disk</li>

<li><i><a href="Jetstrike" title="Jetstrike">Jetstrike</a></i>, a commercial game by Rasputin Software</li>

<li><i>Black Dawn</i>, a 1993 game for the <a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> personal computer<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikiversity has learning resources about <i><b><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/AMOS_programming_language" class="extiw external" title="v:AMOS programming language">AMOS programming language</a></b></i></div></div>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071130053321/http://clickteam.com/eng/downloadcenter.php?i=58">Source code for AMOS and STOS</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ultimateamiga.co.uk/index.php/page,16/">The AMOS Factory</a> (an AMOS support/community site)</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.triumphoverchallenges.com/stos-and-amos-game-creators/">History of STOS and AMOS</a>: how they came to be published in the UK</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_BASIC" title="Microsoft BASIC">Microsoft BASIC</a></li>

<li>TRS-80 BASICs (<a href="Level_I_BASIC" title="Level I BASIC">Level I</a>, <a href="TRS-80_Level_II_BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="TRS-80 Level II BASIC">Level II/III</a>)</li>

<li>Thomson <a href="Microsoft_Basic_1.0" title="Microsoft Basic 1.0">BASIC 1.0</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="TI-BASIC" title="TI-BASIC">TI-BASIC (calculators)</a></li>

<li><a href="TI_Extended_BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="TI Extended BASIC">TI Extended BASIC</a> (aka XBasic)</li>

<li><a href="TI-BASIC_83" title="TI-BASIC 83">TI-BASIC 83</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="HP_Time-Shared_BASIC" title="HP Time-Shared BASIC">HP Time-Shared BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Rocky_Mountain_BASIC" title="Rocky Mountain BASIC">Rocky Mountain BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Time-Shared_BASIC" title="HP Time-Shared BASIC">HP Basic</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Locomotive_Software" title="Locomotive Software">Locomotive Software</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Locomotive_BASIC" title="Locomotive BASIC">Locomotive BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Mallard_BASIC" title="Mallard BASIC">Mallard BASIC</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Microcomputer" title="Microcomputer">Microcomputers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Atom_BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Atom BASIC">Atom BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Integer_BASIC" title="Integer BASIC">Integer BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="North_Star_BASIC" title="North Star BASIC">North Star BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="SCELBAL" title="SCELBAL">SCELBAL</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Minicomputer" title="Minicomputer">Minicomputers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BASIC-11" title="BASIC-11">BASIC-11</a></li>

<li><a href="Business_Basic" title="Business Basic">Business Basic</a> (<a href="B32_Business_Basic" title="B32 Business Basic">B32</a>, <a href="Data_General_Business_Basic" title="Data General Business Basic">Data General</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Data_General_Extended_BASIC" title="Data General Extended BASIC">Data General Extended BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Southampton_BASIC_System" title="Southampton BASIC System">Southampton BASIC System</a></li>

<li><a href="Wang_BASIC" title="Wang BASIC">Wang BASIC</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Time-sharing" title="Time-sharing">Time-sharing</a> computers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BASIC-PLUS" title="BASIC-PLUS">BASIC-PLUS</a></li>

<li>Extra! Basic Macro Language</li>

<li><a href="VSI_BASIC_for_OpenVMS" title="VSI BASIC for OpenVMS">VSI BASIC for OpenVMS</a></li>

<li><a href="SUPER_BASIC" title="SUPER BASIC">SUPER BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="CALL/360%3ABASIC" title="CALL/360:BASIC">CALL/360:BASIC</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="AlphaBasic" title="AlphaBasic">AlphaBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="Astro_BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Astro BASIC">Astro BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="BASICODE" title="BASICODE">BASICODE</a></li>

<li><a href="Casio_BASIC" title="Casio BASIC">Casio BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="CBASIC" title="CBASIC">CBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="PBASIC" title="PBASIC">PBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="SDS_BASIC" title="SDS BASIC">SDS BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiny_BASIC" title="Tiny BASIC">Tiny BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="UBASIC" title="UBASIC">UBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="ZBasic" title="ZBasic">ZBasic</a></li>

<li>ETBASIC</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="BASIC_extension" title="BASIC extension">Extenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BASIC_8" title="BASIC 8">BASIC 8</a></li>

<li>Graphics BASIC</li>

<li><a href="Simons'_BASIC" title="Simons' BASIC">Simons' BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Super_Expander" title="Super Expander">Super Expander</a></li>

<li><a href="Super_Expander_64" title="Super Expander 64">Super Expander 64</a></li>

<li><a href="YS_MegaBasic" title="YS MegaBasic">YS MegaBasic</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Procedural_programming" title="Procedural programming">Procedure</a>-<br>oriented</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="AmigaBASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="AmigaBASIC">AmigaBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="BasicX" title="BasicX">BasicX</a></li>

<li><a href="Beta_BASIC" title="Beta BASIC">Beta BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="FutureBASIC" title="FutureBASIC">FutureBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="GRASS_(programming_language)" title="GRASS (programming language)">GRASS</a></li>

<li><a href="Liberty_BASIC" title="Liberty BASIC">Liberty BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="MapBasic" title="MapBasic">MapBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="Mobile_BASIC" title="Mobile BASIC">Mobile BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="OWBasic" class="mw-redirect" title="OWBasic">OWBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerBASIC" title="PowerBASIC">PowerBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="PureBasic" title="PureBasic">PureBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="Petit_Computer" title="Petit Computer">SmileBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiger-BASIC" title="Tiger-BASIC">Tiger-BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="True_BASIC" title="True BASIC">True BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Turbo_Basic" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbo Basic">Turbo Basic</a></li>

<li><a href="WordBASIC" title="WordBASIC">WordBASIC</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Free_and_open_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open source">Free and<br>open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Basic-256" title="Basic-256">Basic-256</a></li>

<li><a href="Basic4GL" title="Basic4GL">Basic4GL</a></li>

<li><a href="BBC_BASIC#Acorn_Archimedes_(RISC_OS)" title="BBC BASIC">BBC BASIC V</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Game_Creators" title="The Game Creators">DarkBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Euphoria_(programming_language)" title="Euphoria (programming language)">Euphoria</a></li>

<li><a href="Hindawi_Programming_System" title="Hindawi Programming System">Indic BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_Programming_Language" title="Open Programming Language">Open Programming Language</a></li>

<li><a href="SdlBasic" title="SdlBasic">SdlBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="SmallBASIC" title="SmallBASIC">SmallBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="WxBasic" title="WxBasic">wxBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="XBasic" title="XBasic">XBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="XBLite" title="XBLite">Xblite</a></li>

<li><a href="Yabasic" title="Yabasic">Yabasic</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With <a href="Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object</a><br>extensions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="AutoIt" title="AutoIt">AutoIt</a></li>

<li><a href="Chipmunk_Basic" title="Chipmunk Basic">Chipmunk Basic</a></li>

<li><a href="GLBasic" title="GLBasic">GLBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="LotusScript" title="LotusScript">LotusScript</a></li>

<li><a href="Morfik" title="Morfik">Morfik</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerBASIC" title="PowerBASIC">PowerBASIC</a></li>

<li>ProvideX</li>

<li>Run BASIC</li>

<li><a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li>

<li>VB 5 for <a href="Microsoft_Excel" title="Microsoft Excel">Microsoft Excel</a> 5.0

<li><a href="Embedded_Visual_Basic" title="Embedded Visual Basic">Embedded Visual Basic</a></li>

<li>WinWrap Basic</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Blitz_BASIC" title="Blitz BASIC">BlitzMax</a></li>

<li><a href="FreeBASIC" title="FreeBASIC">FreeBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Small_Basic" title="Microsoft Small Basic">Microsoft Small Basic</a></li>

<li><a href="Mono_(software)" title="Mono (software)">Mono-Basic</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenOffice_Basic" title="OpenOffice Basic">OpenOffice Basic</a></li>

<li>ScriptBasic</li>

<li><a href="Roslyn_(compiler)" title="Roslyn (compiler)">Roslyn</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rapid_application_development" title="Rapid application development">RAD</a><br><a href="GUI_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="GUI designer">designers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="CA-Realizer" title="CA-Realizer">CA-Realizer</a></li>

<li><a href="Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">Visual Basic (classic)</a></li>

<li><a href="NS_Basic" title="NS Basic">NS Basic</a></li>

<li><a href="RapidQ" title="RapidQ">RapidQ</a></li>

<li><a href="Visual_Basic_(.NET)" title="Visual Basic (.NET)">Visual Basic .NET</a> (<a href="Mercury_(RemObjects_BASIC_programming_language)" title="Mercury (RemObjects BASIC programming language)">Mercury</a>)</li>

<ul><li>B4X (<a href="Basic4android" title="Basic4android">Basic4android</a>, <a href="Basic4ppc" title="Basic4ppc">Basic4ppc</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Gambas" title="Gambas">Gambas</a></li>

<li><a href="FreeBASIC" title="FreeBASIC">WinFBE, Visual FB Editor</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Altair_BASIC" title="Altair BASIC">Altair BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Applesoft_BASIC" title="Applesoft BASIC">Applesoft BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Apple_Business_BASIC" title="Apple Business BASIC">Apple Business BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Atari_BASIC" title="Atari BASIC">Atari BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Atari_Microsoft_BASIC" title="Atari Microsoft BASIC">Atari Microsoft BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Atari_ST_BASIC" title="Atari ST BASIC">Atari ST BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="BASIC_A%2B" title="BASIC A+">BASIC A+</a></li>

<li><a href="Optimized_Systems_Software#BASIC_XE" title="Optimized Systems Software">BASIC XE</a></li>

<li><a href="Optimized_Systems_Software#BASIC_XL" title="Optimized Systems Software">BASIC XL</a></li>

<li><a href="BASIC_Programming" title="BASIC Programming"><i>BASIC Programming</i> (Atari 2600)</a></li>

<li><a href="BBC_BASIC" title="BBC BASIC">BBC BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Benton_Harbor_BASIC" title="Benton Harbor BASIC">Benton Harbor BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Chinese_BASIC" title="Chinese BASIC">Chinese BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Commodore_BASIC" title="Commodore BASIC">Commodore BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Color_BASIC" title="Color BASIC">Color BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Dartmouth_BASIC" title="Dartmouth BASIC">Dartmouth BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Disk_Extended_Color_BASIC" title="Disk Extended Color BASIC">Disk Extended Color BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Extended_Color_BASIC" title="Extended Color BASIC">Extended Color BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Family_BASIC" title="Family BASIC">Family BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="GFA_BASIC" title="GFA BASIC">GFA BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="GW-BASIC" title="GW-BASIC">GW-BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="IBM_BASIC" title="IBM BASIC">IBM BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="JR-BASIC" title="JR-BASIC">JR-BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="MacBASIC" title="MacBASIC">MacBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="MBASIC" title="MBASIC">MBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="MSX_BASIC" title="MSX BASIC">MSX BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="MS_BASIC_for_Macintosh" title="MS BASIC for Macintosh">MS BASIC for Macintosh</a></li>

<li><a href="QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a></li>

<li><a href="QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">QuickBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="S-BASIC" title="S-BASIC">S-BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="Sinclair_BASIC" title="Sinclair BASIC">Sinclair BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="STOS_BASIC" title="STOS BASIC">STOS BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="SuperBASIC" title="SuperBASIC">SuperBASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="TI_BASIC_(TI_99/4A)" title="TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)">TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)</a></li>

<li><a href="Turbo-BASIC_XL" title="Turbo-BASIC XL">Turbo-BASIC XL</a></li>

<li><a href="Vilnius_BASIC" title="Vilnius BASIC">Vilnius BASIC</a></li></ul>

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