B

Basic Programming

Basic Programming is a dialect of BASIC used on the Atari 2600.

BasiEgaXorz

BasiEgaXorz is a BASIC-based programming language for programming games for the Sega Genesis.

• BasiEgaXorz Website

Basic4GL

(Full article: Basic4GL)
Basic4GL is a free BASIC game programming language with support for OpenGL built in.

BASICA

[info needed]

Brutus2D

(Full article: Brutus2D)
Brutus2D uses VBScript as it's scripting language by default.

C

Commodore BASIC

The CBM BASIC is the BASIC included with Commodore 64 computers.

CoolBasic

(Full article: CoolBasic)
CoolBasic is a game programming language that is currently in beta. It's suffering from a lack of proper documentation in English. The official manual is in Finnish and it seems no longer to be actively developed.

D

DarkBasic

(Full article: DarkBasic)
DarkBasic is an outdated game programming language based on BASIC. It has been replaced with DarkBasic Professional.

DINGS Game Basic

DiNGS Game Basic is a discontinued project by the makers of the currently viable GLBasic.

E

EthosBASIC

[info needed]

F

FBSL

(Full article : FBSL)
FBSL or Freestyle BASIC Scripting Language is a scripting-language based on BASIC.

FreeBASIC

(Full article: FreeBASIC)
FreeBASICis one of the newer BASIC variants. It's based on QBasic and supports code of BASIC variants going back 30 years with only minor modification. The creators of FreeBASIC have claimed that they will continue to evolve FreeBASIC into an object oriented language.

G

GLBasic

(Full article: GLBasic)
GLBasic is a shareware BASIC dialect that supports OpenGL right out of the box.

L

Liberty Basic

(Full article: Liberty BASIC)
Liberty BASIC is a shareware BASIC dialect with GUI capability aimed at beginners.

P

PlayBasic

(Full article : PlayBasic)
PlayBasic is a game programming language that uses a BASIC-like programming syntax. From the beginning, the development team of PlayBasic has put an emphasis on speed and now the language has grown to include many useful and unique features.

Q

QBasic

(Full article : QBasic)
QBasic is the granddaddy of amateur game programming for several reasons. Mostly because it was easy to use and came free with some versions of DOS and Microsoft Windows. Due to these reasons, QBasic got lot's of new interest programmers around of it. With good IDE and help files, it made a good start for hobbyist and amateur game programmers.

M

Microsoft BASIC

Microsoft BASIC is not a dialect of BASIC, but a category of BASIC dialects made by Microsoft.

S

SmallBasic

(Full article : SmallBasic)
SmallBASIC is a cross-platform BASIC interpreter and is ideal for creating old-school text games. It was originally meant to run on PalmOS as an advanced calculator but has since outgrown this original purpose.

T

thinBasic

(Full article: thinBasic)
thinBasic is described by its developers as an 'automation script engine.' It is modular, which gives it the capability of an add-in game engine / library.

thinBASIC supports game creation via following ways:
Graphics

• OpenGL 2.1 headers
• TBGL module based on OpenGL, which provides some useful extensions to its base API, like:
  • Texture loading
  • Model loading, rendering and animation
  • Entity system ( handle cameras, lights, models, primitives and display lists in unified way; setup them in parent-child relationships )
  • Set of support tools to let you use other programs for content creation

Sound

• TBASS module, 2D/3D sound, EAX. Based on BASS library

Input

• thinBASIC core commands to handle keyboard
• TBGL commnads for keyboard and mouse input
• TBDI module for joystics, gamepads and wheels; includes forceFeedback support

Pathfinding

• A* ( A-Star ) implemented using 3rd party module, see here

Event oriented game programming

• Mike Hartlef is handling TBEM, thinBASIC Event Manager, with focus on game programming

Speed critical optimizations

• You can use machine code to optimize the most critical parts of your code
• User module "Oxygen" provides higher level syntax for machine code

V

Visual Basic

Visual Basic is a RAD programming language created by Microsoft.

W

WinBasicGL

(Full article : WinBasicGL)
WinBasicGL is a game programming language based on BASIC and supports OpenGL. It differs from the other BasicGLs by the fact that the code is actually compiled rather than interpreted . The first version of WinBasicGL was released on 29th of December 2006.