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Can I Write an Amiga Game? Trying Blitz Basic in 2025

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24th June 2025 44 min

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Writing an Amiga game is something many of us would like to try, but where to start? Especially if we don't have the time to commit to learning assembly language and the inner workings of the hardware? Today I revisit what always felt like a missed opportunity, and find a surprisingly up-to-date alternative, before embarking on my attempt to write something resembling a game. How did I do!?

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00:00 Intro

01:43 What is Blitz Basic?

03:28 Use PCBway.com for a head start

03:58 Exploring Amiga Format Cover Disk 52

06:56 Writing "Hello World"

08:08 Discovering AmiBlitz

09:16 The Poster Child for Blitz

11:09 Advice on Starting a Game from Rob!

12:05 Neiil writes a game part 1

24:25 Sven and Rob talk about Blitz

31:27 Neil writes a game part 2

38:37 Neils game

40:41 Finishing thoughts

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  • nostalgia
  • computer history
  • tech history
  • commodore amiga
  • amiga game writing
  • amiga coding
  • commodore coding
  • blitz basic coding
  • basic programming
  • amiga programming
  • retro game coding
  • retro gaming

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