This is a list of programs i built back on the 90's with quick basic 4.5
I have it here simply for reference if anyone wants to see what what could be done with quick basic.
You can still run the programs using a DOS emulator like DosBox, or a boot-able Free Dos drive.
The other option is QB64. It was built to be compatible with the old quick basic syntax.
This was one of my first artificial intelligence programs. It has a player on the left and right of the screen. One of the players can be human or computer player, so you can play with a friend or solo. The center blocks move up and down and will block shoots. I added this to put some fun dynamic to the game.
Download the code
I built this program to push the limits of what i could do with QuickBasic. It was really challenging and due to only having a 486 computer it didn't run very fast. Some of the things I did differently was to use a read/data to load array tables, and sine/cosine for the math to draw the walls properly.
Download the code
This program was months in the making. It has 2 players and was built around a race to the finish. It has many features such as hand to hand weapon, ranged weapon and bombs that can be placed. There are many types of keys and doors. Teleporters breakable and pushable walls and the graphics animate. When a player dies he is sent to a level specific waiting area until next round. There's also 2 types of artificial intelligence built in to the game. One fallows a path and the other will search the maze for the players.
Download the code
This was a simple game I built, the idea is the ship is dropping down and your trying to dodge the incoming stars.
Download the codeI built this when I was experimenting with line drawing commands, it takes a line with a with cycling colors and makes what looks like a tunnel with patterns on the walls. It don't do much but it looks cool.
Download the codeThis is like the tunnel program, experimenting with line drawing commands. this one takes 4 box shapes and cycle the color and size giving a old school screen saver effet.
Download the code
This was kind of like a game. But was more built to figure out a way to have a computer controlled player
search a dynamic maze to find the player. I call the maze dynamic because you can change it how ever you
want and you don't have to change any code for the computer controlled player. This was latter used in
the power elf game I built.
The 2nd part of the screen is showing the pathing logic as the search runs for debugging