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One-Line Bouncing Ball: Commodore 64 BASIC

8-Bit Show And Tell 64,640 2 years ago
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Besides the famous 10 PRINT, one of my favourite type-in programs from the Commodore 64 User's Guide is "More Bouncing Balls" in which a ball bounces off the borders of the screen. Inspired by Josip Retro Bits' 2-line version of this program, I attempt to squeeze it down to one line, with some other diversions along the way. Check out Josip's channel for more C64 programming: https://www.youtube.com/@JosipRetroBits To support 8-Bit Show And Tell: Become a patron: https://patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell One-time donation: https://paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell 2nd channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA Index: 0:00 The Commodore 64 User's Guide 2:52 Adding a clear screen to 10 PRINT 7:57 More Bouncing Balls 14:32 Josip Retro Bits' 2-line version 22:23 A different approach: what's it doing? 26:41 Implementing a simple oscillator 32:25 POKEing the ball back in! 35:44 The final one-line version 38:00 Potential improvements? 40:25 Thanks to Josip, my patrons, and you!

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