This is the home repository of the Vintage BASIC Games project, which aims to be a comprehensive collection of games written in BASIC for 70s and 80s-era microcomputers.
If you're simply interested in playing and exploring the game, there's no need to mess around with this repository. The goal of the project is to make all games available on the Internet Archive, configured to run in an emulator directly in the browser.
Your assistance in building up the collection is gratefully appreciated. There aren't detailed instructions available yet on the layout and tooling of this repository for direct submissions of new games, but typos and mistakes always creep in, and corrections are always welcome.
That said, please be mindful that this is a preservation project, and the aim is always to have a version of each game with the original terrible user interface, misspellings, etc., intact as originally published, with only enough modifications as needed to make the game function on a technical level.
The most valuable contribution you can make at the moment is that of source material. We have access to the more famous sources of the day (the "BASIC Games" books from Creative Computing, Tim Hartnell's "Giant Books", etc.), but more obscure sources and your own creations from back in the day are eagerly sought after. Check here for the current status of materials being processed.
The origins of many of these games are somewhat murky and their availability for redistribution equally so. If you are the original author of any material in the repository and object to its presence, please let us know. Please reconsider, though, as this is a purely non-commercial effort, and its intent is to preserve and honor your work.
The primary developer can be contacted at meiss.mark@gmail.com.