Attack of the BASIC RPGs
Posted by Michael on 11 October 2004, 03:15 GMT

The Reign of Legends 3 is quite possibly one of, if not the, most complicated BASIC RPGs ever created. Weighing in at 120 KB on a 83+/84+ SE (for speed a regular 83+ is not recommended), it features everything from "15 hours of gameplay" to 4 world maps, 70 enemies, 10 magic orbs, side-quests, and a whole bunch of other things that are listed in the unusually verbose program description. The readme says the game took 900 hours to create; in any case, the dedication of the author, Kevin Ouellet, is amazing.

The Legend of Zelda: Dark Link Quest, aside from having a title that makes me think about evil link cables, is also another RPG by the same author. It features 180 rooms and 160 KB of archive space, according to the readme.

As evidenced here, you apparently can take BASIC programming to a new level of insanity. Congratulations to Kevin for his hard work on these massive projects.

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