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INFO: 05 June 1999

I graduated from high school last week! :)
Beta testing new file system: click here. More coming soon..

UPDATE: 27 January 1999

New forum (safe, hopefully)
New programs (10 again) :
- BEEFV15.ZIP - A simple, yet funny text adventure game.
- DASH.ZIP - Excellent graphics library that uses assembly
- SPACTREK.ZIP - Old-school space adventure game.. made in 1981 :)
- FONTGEN.ZIP - Creates fonts for use with the SVGAQB library.
- QBW.ZIP - The latest, greatest, and probably final version of QBWrite.
- STOCK2-1.ZIP - Fun stock market simulation for 1-6 players.
- JBDLIB.ZIP - Fast graphics library for use with GIFs and JBDs.
- DESENHA2.ZIP - A graphics editor, in Spanish.
- GPHRASE.BAS - Fun twist on classic Hangman game.
- HANGMAN.BAS - The classic hangman game..

UPDATE: 23 January 1999

New graphics and design
Fixed the forum
Added new method of submitting links and files and changed guidelines
New programs (10):
- PONG97.ZIP - Great pong clone w/ nice graphics and sounds.
- QB_ONCHK.ZIP - Nicely done puzzle game.. very hard to describe, but fun.
- WRDTRIS.ZIP - Interesting spin on Tetris - very fun!
- GALACTIC.ZIP - A decent shooter that needs some work...
- EVERDOWN.ZIP - Excellent rpg game with good gfx and storyline.
- QBCOOKIE.ZIP - WOW!! Excellent action/arcade game.. must-see!
- JOKI.ZIP - Allows you to assign keyboard keys to joystick directions.
- SOUNDLAB.ZIP - Excellent sound lab for making sound effects/music.
- QUICKBMP.BAS - Very very fast BMP loader.. try it out!
- EMSLIB.ZIP - EMS library for pictures and other data. Very useful.

UPDATE: 7 September 1998

More links
New programs:
- VOXEL.BAS - An excellent 3D land generator.. even more detailed than 3dland.
- TANKWAR.BAS - An awesome version of Tank Wars for 2 players - less than 400 lines!
- FCRYPT.BAS - A very well-made encryption program. Easy to use, too!
- HEY-CODY.BAS - Another encryption program... but it uses numbers (nice)!
- GETINPUT.ZIP - Excellent input routine, with *'s for passwords, fixed-length, and more.
- BLOBI.ZIP - An interesting "blob" screen saver.
- HAM.BAS - A fun simulation game where you run a hamburger stand.
- SYM2.BAS - A mirroring pixel-plotting demo.
- ARENA.BAS - An interesting demo where a line bounces around an arena.
- HALUSIN8.BAS - An interesting, yet freaky demo...
- MSGHUNT.ZIP - Searches your BIOS to find whatever messages are "hidden" there.
- BLOCKER.ZIP - Fun, pac-man like maze game.
- SLUSFIGH.ZIP - A great fighting game with tons of characters. Nice.
- TRUCKIN.ZIP - A driving simulation.. really fun!
- WORDWRAP.BAS - Word wrapping routines and text-box routines.

UPDATE: 30 Aug 1998

12 new links, some reviewed
New programs:
- CAR.BAS - Interesting game.. very hard to describe, but fun.
- ERRORS.BAS - Allows you to bypass runtime errors in your programs.
- JOYCAL.BAS - Calibration routines for the joystick.
- TALK.BAS - A new chatting program...
- SINEWAVE.BAS - A cool sinewave graphic demo. Nifty.
- HANOI.BAS - An interesting strategy/puzzle game in text mode.
- DEMO.ZIP - Loads an AcidWorks Draw file created in Paint Shop.
- HANGME.ZIP - A very fun and humorous game of hangman.
- FLIGHT.ZIP - A 3D mouse-oriented flight sim.. shoot down the enemies!
- CRYPTER.ZIP - A good encryption program.
- PAINT11.ZIP - A half-done paint program meant as a project.

UPDATE: 26 Aug 1998

New links
Fixed the Q&A board problem
New programs (21 of them!)
- QBUTIL.ZIP - 3 great utilities for COM ports, reading palettes, and reading the screen
- CIRCLES.BAS - A simple graphic demo.
- TAG1_1.BAS - A 2 or 3 player tag game.
- BMSCR.ZIP - A scrolling message bar at the bottom of the screen
- 3DSTARS.ZIP - A 3D starfield
- QCRACKER.BAS - A graphical version of MasterMind.
- BACKMAN.ZIP - Another Pac-man game, with some differences
- CASINO.ZIP - Casino Royale, a cool slot machine game
- PACMAN.ZIP - Another version of Pacman - very good.
- BUMPMAP.ZIP - Hard to describe.. bumps on a sphere. Download it.
- CRYPT.BAS - A simple encryption program
- GRAVITY.ZIP - A demonstration of particle gravity.
- FADE.ZIP - A GREAT fading routine - small and fast.
- HLINEVEC.ZIP - A demo of a filled-in 3d rotating cube.
- GORSOUND.BAS - A version of Gorillas with sound control
- MBROT.ZIP - A simple Mandelbrot image plotter.
- FSIM43.ZIP - A cool flight simulator w/ mouse - not finished, though.
- BUG.ZIP - A very cool puzzle game that's hard to describe. Get it.
- MAND2.ZIP - Shows how to plot Mandelbrot images faster.
- VEC.ZIP - 3D vector plotting program.
- CHOPTER.BAS - A QBasic version of a CLASSIC game.. fun!
- MAYHEM.ZIP - AWESOME 2-player space battle game - duel each other! Great!

UPDATE: 21 Aug 1998

New challenges
The *new* QB Forum - it actually works! Yay!
New programs:
- QUEST.ZIP - A well-made text RPG with a huge world.
- 3DDEMO11.ZIP - A demonstration of using 3D wireframes in QB.
- PASSWORD.BAS - A demonstration of having *'s typed for a password input.
- 3DLAND.BAS - An AWESOME 3D landscape generator - VGA 256-color!
- CON4.BAS - A decent version of the classic game for 2 players.
- MASTER.BAS - A text version of the classic MasterMind game using numbers.
- MINES.ZIP - QB Minesweeper with adjustable difficulty. Nice.
- ROSEDIT.ZIP - Allows you to create "rose" designs with the DRAW command.

UPDATE: 18 Aug 1998

More links!
Worked on the frames page a little...
New programs:
- FS.ZIP - A simple text shooter where you shoot at faces.
- HOWARD.ZIP - Tic tac toe using the mouse.. not bad.
- DUEL2.ZIP - Cool space dueling program.
- ENCRYPT.BAS - A simple, yet effective encryption program.
- NIGHTSTK.ZIP - A nicely done RPG with a cool storyline.
- TILEDX.ZIP - AWESOME tile editor, mouse-run. Must-see!
- WMOUSE.BAS - A spiffed-up version of the MOUSE routines - now smaller and faster.
- FULLROT.ZIP - A scary rotating skull w/ ASM code. Ahh!
- SCRSAVER.ZIP - 3 different screen savers. Simple, yet nice.
- FMAKE.ZIP - Lets you create and modify DOS fonts in QB.
- GRAFIX.BAS - A very simple demo using the DRAW command.
- TMAN2.BAS - A very cool game, kinda like PacMan, but you pick up trash.

UPDATE: 13 August 1998

Updated frames version of the page
New programs:
- MSWINDOW.BAS - create a Windows-lookalike window
- QBRAYCAST.ZIP - EXCELLENT raycaster
- ICON.BAS - loads Windows icons
- 3D_OBJ.BAS - 3D object maker
- EAN-MSI.ZIP - barcode maker for EAN and MSI barcodes
- SCRSAV02.BAS - screen saver rad3

UPDATE: 9 August 1998

New main page graphics/organization - simpler is better, I hope
New files page graphics
New programs:
- ROBOTP.ZIP - Robot Plague
- ARCDEMO.ZIP - a cool side-scroller
- SPSYCHO.ZIP - Space Psycho
- MROCK16E.ZIP - Moon Rock compiler
- BASM286.ZIP - Basic to Assembler compiler
- CA-CYBER.ZIP - Cyber-box. Excellent strategy game.
- OOZES.BAS - Oozes and wizards, oh my!
- TETRISX.ZIP - a VGA tetris clone
- ZANTAR.ZIP - a cool VGA adventure game
- PEARL3.BAS - a pacman-type game
- PEARL4.ZIP - another twist in the Pearl series, using joystick
- PEARL5.ZIP - a breakout/arkanoid style game

UPDATE: 8 August 1998

New links
New programs:
- CHESS.ZIP - awesome chess sim
- SURFACE.BAS - 3D wireframe demo
- PATTERN.BAS - a simple rotating box pattern
- SIMS.BAS - Five simulations - snow falling, black hole, etc.
- KEYS.BAS - Very useful program for monitoring SHIFT keys, CAPS LOCK, etc.
- ROTATE.BAS - Demonstrates rotating graphics with the DRAW command.

UPDATE: 21 July 1998

New programs:
- JEZZBALL.ZIP - JezzBall
- MONOSPAC.ZIP - MonoSpace shooter
- SMOOTH3.ZIP - Smoothing demo
- CREDITS.ZIP - Demo of scrolling credits
- PUTRITE.BAS - I know it's old, but I found it!
- ZIELQ.ZIP - AMAZING RPG!
- ERNIE.ZIP - Adventures of Ernie the parrot... ?

UPDATE: 17 July 1998

New graphics on most of the sections
Revisions of the "Index" page - easier to use, more options
Added the QBasic bookstore
Added the "QB newbies" section
Fixed up the links page a little

UPDATE: 7 July 1998

The Q&A Section - it works rather well
A few more links
New programs:
- STRING.BAS - hard to describe - string blowing in the wind...
- APEDRAW.ZIP - excellent drawing program
- CHOPPER.BAS - stunt chopper game
- BOMB.BAS - tank war game
- QPAC.ZIP - another Pac-man game
- WHOUSE.BAS - white house race

UPDATE: 29 June 1998

The QBasic Chatroom! Try it out and tell me what you think!

UPDATE: 23 June 1998

New programs:
- CONNECT4.BAS - obvious
- PLNTWARS.BAS - Planet Wars
- BLUDFITE.BAS - Blud Fite fighting game
- WORLDWAR.BAS - Great turn-based strategy game
- LSCAPE.BAS - 3D Landscapes
- PRIME.BAS - Prime number generator
- MOUSE2.BAS - A clarification of QB mouse routines
- EDINPUT.BAS - Allows you to edit input with home, end, insert keys
- NIBII.ZIP - VGA version of the classic Nibbles
- QFASTMAN.ZIP - Demonstrates programming for speed
- BUTTON2.ZIP - QB4.5 button routines
- BMP_EDIT.ZIP - Great BMP editor
- BLASTLIB.ZIP - COOL VGA off-screen routines.
More links (none reviewed.. sorry!)
Fix-ups here and there

UPDATE: 4 May 1998

New Programs:
- MYSTIFY.BAS - gfx demo
- FIRE.BAS - gfx demo
- INVADER.BAS - arcade
- WORMHOLE.BAS - arcade
- MANDEL.BAS - gfx
- SMOKEBOM.BAS - gfx demo
- EALAVA.BAS - gfx demo
- HFIGHTEN.BAS - arcade
- CARDS2.BAS - util
- WINDOWSX.BAS - misc
Various revisions

UPDATE: 1 May 1998

New Programs:
- LM3ENG.ZIP
- MAZE.ZIP
- BOMBMAN.ZIP
- WET2DEMO.ZIP
- URANIUM.ZIP
A real guestbook (wow!)
The QBasic Forum
The QBasic Page Mailing List
New Web host
New main index page, new graphics
Miscellaneous new stuff

UPDATE: 20 August 1997

Fixes in the file sections
New Programs:
- ELECTME.BAS
- AMOBE.BAS
- BALDIO.BAS
- MOUSETOY.BAS
- NINJA.ZIP - cool game!
- HELLPIT3.ZIP
- FONTMAKE.ZIP
- QIL2.ZIP - must see!
- MINIRPG2.ZIP - must see RPG!
- HOG22Q.ZP
- BUTTONS.ZIP - GUI for QB 4.5

UPDATE: 5 August 1997

sorry about the delay between updates, I was out of town

Fixes in the files sections
New programs:
- SPACEWRM.ZIP - Space Worm
- DMAN.ZIP - Dimension Man
- RETRO.ZIP - Frogger
- FANTASY.ZIP - 3 Episodes of an RPG
- PEARL2.ZIP - Interesting "bouncing ball" game.
- SPIN.ZIP - Wheel-of-Fortune type game.
- FLSHBCK.ZIP - VGA Simon with mouse
- SB25SW.ZIP - Spinball
- BOXATTAK.ZIP - Box Attack
- QMIDI10.ZIP - Play MIDIs in QBasic!!
- BALLOONX.BAS - The classic game by Manny Najera
- GIF2BSV.ZIP - Convert GIFs to BSVs.

UPDATE: 7 July 1997

More reviewed links
Revisions to GRAPHIC2.ZIP
Chapter 5 Tutorial - CHAPTER5.TXT
New files:
- MONSTER.ZIP - Monster Hunt. GREAT side-scrolling adventure game!
- SURFER.ZIP - Surfing game.. interesting
- HELLPIT1.ZIP - Simple role-playing game
- HELLPIT2.ZIP - Its sequel
- GRADIENT.BAS - Construct VGA gradients!
- BLAST3.ZIP - Excellent turn-based strategy game.
- QBINVADE.ZIP - Great VGA Space Invaders clone with awesome gfx!

UPDATE: 3 July 1997

New header graphics, mini-toolbar
New files:
- WC2.ZIP - World Cup Soccer
- PROBE.ZIP - Probe (Lunar Lander clone)
- MRT00.ZIP - Mini Robotic Tanks
- GERMS.ZIP - Dr. Mario clone
- TRYTOO.ZIP - Try Too (sequel to Try)
New "links" format (with reviews)

UPDATE: 1 July 1997

new toolbar (imagemap)
reorganization of "what's new"
"Announcements" section added
new files:

AJC-GS.ZIP: Graphic Artist
WINDMILL.BAS: Demo
PUDDLE.BAS: Demo
PUTRITE.BAS: PUT graphics without the "black box"
JHUNTER.ZIP: Action Game