"Bakudan Otoko" by Shinichi Nakamoto & Shigeki Fujiwara (1980)

Otherwise known as "Bomberman." For most people, Bomberman began with the Famicom entry in 1985, but there was actually a version that preceded it. Originally created by Hudson Soft in 1980 as a tech demo for their BASIC compiler, this remake is an attempt to recreate what that demo might have looked like. Based on descriptions from: www.hardcoregam...

[@BenevolentChum]

I write them in MS WordPad. Any text file edited in Wordpad can be pasted with a couple of simple keystrokes into the VMC10 Emulator by James Tamer (Ctrl-S in WordPad, followed by Ctrl-Q in the emulator). Back and forth, debugging and running, just like working in the old QuickBASIC environment. Very simple and pleasant way of making 8-bit BASIC programs for an old home computer system. At the end, I run it on real hardware...

[@pancudowny]

My god... this appears to be rendered on the "Trash-80 Co-Co"!

[@lararaulf9968]

Did things like this in my childhood 😋

[@BenevolentChum]

Nope. This channel is devoted to "Early BASIC programs running on the TRS-80 MC-10 8-Bit computer, focusing on those demonstrating simple AI techniques and text-based graphics." Here's a Wikipedia entry on the MC-10: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_MC-10

[@arenyart]

Do you write these on a vintage MC-10 or do you use an emulator?

[@allenhuffman]

This is an original creation, not a port, then?

[@BenevolentChum]

Yep original. Based on descriptions from: www.hardcoregaming101.net/bomberman-series-introduction-bomberman-1983/

[@farerse]

pac man has better graphics..