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Welcome to the MEGA65 "Screenful of BASIC" compo 2025!

 

Write a game (or any other cool program) for the MEGA65 using BASIC65 - but keep it short enough to make it fit entirely on a single 80x25 screen (including the READY prompt)!


The official compo invitation program serves as an example of how long a listing is allowed to be - note the READY prompt below the LISTing!

This is a variant of the well-known "10 liner" compo idea, however, instead of having several possibilities and ideas about how long a single line of BASIC can be, we decided to keep it simple and just have one rule for all: the listing of the program has to fit onto one screen.

Since BASIC65 has a lot of powerful commands, it should be totally possible to create something interesting within these bounds. And if you haven't tried BASIC65 yet, it might be the perfect opportunity to check it out!

You can even participate without owning a MEGA65 yourself - just give the excellent "xemu-xmega65" emulator a try!

So, don't wait any longer, click on the "Join Jam" button above and start coding :)



Compo Rules:

  • The full source code has to be able to be LISTed on an 80x25 char screen (the MEGA65's default mode). Please note that this does also include the READY prompt after LISTing the code. An example can be found in the Compo Invitation PRG, which you can find here
  • The entry must be submitted on this itch.io page by 22nd April 2025, 23:59:59 CEST

Also keep in mind that:

  • The program has to be made specifically for this compo - do not submit anything previously published on MEGA65 filehost or elsewhere.
  • While the copyright of the entry remains with the author, the MEGA65 team will be allowed to publish the entry on things such as Intro Disks, etc.
  • Needless to say, please keep content within family friendly and legal bounds!

And most important:

  • Have fun!



Some interesting and useful links:

https://www.mega65.org - the MEGA65 8-bit computer
https://mega65.org/docs - documentation about the MEGA65 (including BASIC65 reference, etc)
https://github.lgb.hu/xemu/ - the MEGA65 emulator (amongst other emulators)
https://65site.de/ - a website about the Commodore C65 and MEGA65 (provides a Raspberry Pi image or Live USB iso image with the xemu emulator, etc)