Updated QBasic.com's WordPress install to 2.9.2. Had to hack the script to run on MySQLi. Sorry for the downtime.
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Per burger2227’s suggestion in this thread on Pete’s QBasic Site’s forum, I’ve installed Flashchat and integrated it with Wordpress. You must have an account on Wordpress before logging into Flashchat. Use the same username and password for both scripts.
Enjoy the increased functionality and improved form that comes with a completely flash-based chat system! No Java or IRC channels are involved, so you can even use the Flashchat at work (provided work doesn’t block QBasic.com in it’s entirety).
If you have any questions or suggestions, let me know by commenting on this post.
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Welcome to the revamped (yet again) QBasic.com.
If you know a live RSS feed from a non-defunct QBasic fansite, post it here so I can set up this place correctly. You’ll have to make an account to post a comment. It’s not hard at all, I promise.
Also, suggest some links for the sidebar if you’ve got any really good ones.
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This is an official release of Two Lords. This is a complete version of Episode I of the game: "Escape".
http://www.eponasoft.com/2l.7zThis game requires Windows and is not built for other platforms, nor is it planned for release on other platforms.
Most of the details are in the included text file, Two Lords.txt. However, there are a couple of details not mentioned there.
A few known issues:
-A few of the menu items don't quite work, namely the ...
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QBE needs you! We are going to do an article comprised of the opinions of the users of the various languages that are represented in QBExpress.
QB
FB
QB64
Everyone has their thoughts on which language is best. Tell us why! Send us an email, and tell us why the language you use is the best.
Send your responses to
QBExpress@gmail.com with the subject line "Community Article"
Remember, with out the community there is no QBExpress.
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QB Express is still alive and well, but I need your help to keep it that way!
The deadline for QB Express #30 submissions is:
November 10th, 2008As always, we need tutorials, game reviews, articles, editorials, interviews, rants, raves and musings on all things QB and FB. Also, I'm looking for games to feature in the Gallery, and News Briefs about anything that's happening in the QB and FB scene. Don't be shy; the more submissions, the better!
You can send your stuff to:
qbexpres...
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Pete's QB Site is now a decade old!
On the rainy day of October 12, 1998, Pete's QBasic Site was born. I was thirteen years old, and never expected that ten years later this website would still exist, or that it would still be updated. But here I am, here you are, and Pete's QBasic Site is still alive and kickin'!
You can read an article I wrote about the past ten years of Pete's QB Site in
the latest issue of QB Express.
Also, this site was featured a few days ago on the front page of Reddit.com:
Share QBasic or it dies. A user posted a link to the
QB Philosophy section, where several visitors shared their answers to the question: "Why do you still program in QBasic?" It sent thousands visitors to this site, and spurred a great discussion where people shared some of their own QBasic memories.
Here's to another ten years! See you in 2018!
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Published from the colorful mountains of Tibet,
QB Express #29 is here!
Although I'm in the middle of a 6-month trek around the world, I've found the time to put together another fantastic issue of QB Express. This is a very special issue: Not only is it the first time we've published from central Asia, it also celebrates the tenth anniversary of
Pete's QB Site!
Articles this month ...
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Published from the colorful mountains of Tibet,
QB Express #29 is here!
Although I'm in the middle of a 6-month trek around the world, I've found the time to put together another fantastic issue of QB Express. This is a very special issue: Not only is it the first time we've published from central Asia, it also celebrates the tenth anniversary of Pete's QB Site!
Articles this month include "Before Releasing Your Game" by Nalin Kanwar; "Mini Game of the Month" by Lachie Dazdarian; a look at the Y2K bug by Moneo; an interview with Lachie by HexDude; "Kiyotewolf on a Variety of Subjects" and more. The tutorials section includes a look at CGI and also Shuffling Algorithms by Samanddeanus; Part two of Wallyfblu's Window Procedure series; "Using 7x7x16 Tricks" by Kiyotewolf; and "The Pimpl Idiom" by stylin. Not to mention all the News Briefs, the Gallery, and letters sections that you've come to expect from QBE.
Read it all in
QB Express #29!
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Galleon has updated his Qbasic compatibile compiler again. Version 0.8 adds a fully integrated 2D graphics interface, extending the graphics capabilities of Qbasic. Also added are support for many graphics formats such as .GIF, .JPG & .PCX, and now you can use .TTF (true type fonts) in your programs. No further Qbasic compatibilty was added in this release, but Galleon has stated he will focus on more Qbasic compatibility in the coming months.
Several other new features are added in this rel...
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It's May,
QB Express #28 is here!
This issue is full of wonderful things, like SEVEN tutorials and FIVE articles, all about QBasic and FreeBasic.
Pritchard teaches us about Game Camera Systems; Imortis Inglorian brings us "Bitflags and You"; Kiyote Wolf gives us the rundown on his method of "Amazing Cheap Texturemapping"; Lachie Dazdarian contemplates the eternal struggle of "The Game Developer versus the Programmer"; Mac gives us the skinny on the QBasic.com forums; notthecheatr starts his series on "Scripting Solutions for Games" with "Part I: Rolling your own interpreter"; and Pritchard talks to us "About Design."
It's a fun-filled, jam-packed issue. Read it all in
QB Express #28!
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