BasiEgaXorz v0.08

posted in Utility Release by mfc on Feb 29th, 2004

Joseph Norman has updated his BASIC compiler for the Sega Genesis. The major additions to this compiler is support for SegaCD compilation, string parsing, assembly libraries and argunerics. Here is what else is new:

Tab spaces are recognized as regular spaces
Added a memory map viewer for variables in the gui for debugging
Compilation of Sega CD isos supported (currently only 128k games)
Compilation supported for Mask of Destiney's Transfer Suite
Many many many fixes and optimizations to the expression engine and argument parser
Added I/O functions poke and peek and their long/word subcommands
Added a button on the toolbar to easily call the tile editor (custom sgtd.exe for basiegaxorz tiler will be released later)
Added options for editor colors
Interrupter handlers improved
Performance improvements for the For...Next loop
Added support for long 32 bit variables
Random function finally added
The horizontal blank interrupter is now supported
Bug fixes to the shlink command - but still, just use sparingly, especially for testing games on the real system
Cursor postion thing fixed in the gui
DMA functions fixed from beta 0.05
Made a much better joypad function. 6-button controller supported
Hex$(), Chr$(), Bin$(), Mid$(), String$(), Left$(), Right$(), and Len functions added for string parsing
Bit argunerics added
Option command added for replacing the title header, and also to define Sega CD dedicated games, and default string size
ShiftSprite added to relatively move the sprite without keeping track of its position
Background plane scrolling added
The ":" technique added (eg. the ":" in ink 3: print "wassup")
Arithmetic shift added
Negative number support for decimal numbers
Support for hexidecimal arguments eg. &h1234
And, Or, Xor operators added
ElseIf finally added
Sprite positions can be read with function SpritePosX or SpritePosY
Single dimentsion arrays added only for Integer and Long data types
16 bit and 32 bit wide data supported with DataInt and DataLong, and for reading, ReadInt and ReadLong
RGB function added
Addsprite command is now a function
Brighten and Darken commands added for fading in or out pallettes
Increment and Decrement operations added
Added sound commands for the PSG for making sound effects (Sound, SoundVol)
User defined assembly routines support added for the more advanced programmers
VarPrt& function added
Display can now be turned on/off for faster tile data loading using the Disable/Enable commands
Halt, Valt, and Dalt commands added to wait for the horizontal/verticle blank before anything else is executed
TVScanX() and TVScanY() functions added to read the HV Counter
Pallettes command added for adding multiple colors
Input command added to easily get user input
Str$ and Val functions implemented
Assembly headers are built into the exe again
Whenever an unexpected error occurs when assembling, an error log is created and displayed for debugging
Fixed BasiEgaXorz to run on Windows 95 with a 486 running at 66 mhz =D
Added a Trap command to act as a breakpoint for debugging
Added error messages for CPU errors (eg. address error/illegal instruction/divide by zero) - these errors can not be recovered in run-time
Rem and ' Comments supported
Added a button to assemble a plain assembly file to binary
A last quickie WaitPadUp Command added
Fixed a string-function bug (eg. doing a$="asdf"+chr$(12))
Fixed a bug with using an apostrophe in a string constant (eg: "what's up doc")
Fixed a bug that messed up carriage returns in the editor

Wow. Anyways, you can grab a copy of this from our Genesis Development Utilities section.

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