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List of BASIC dialects by platform - Platforms

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Apple I/II/III

• Apple Business BASIC
• Applesoft BASIC — Based on the same Microsoft code that Commodore BASIC was based on. Standard on the Apple II Plus and Apple II Europlus.
• Integer BASIC — Steve Wozniak's own creation. Was originally known simply as "Apple BASIC". For the BASICs available at the time, it was extremely fast and memory-efficient. Only supported integers. Came as standard on the Apple I and original Apple II

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Apple Macintosh

• CocoaBasic (Mac OS X) — An object oriented Basic Dialect for using the Cocoa Framework ^[1]
• FutureBASIC ^[2]
• MS BASIC for Macintosh
• TNT Basic ^[3]

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Atari 8-bit 400/800/XL/XE/etc

• Atari BASIC (aka Shepardson BASIC) — The standard cartridge-based interpreter for the Atari 400 and successors. On Later machines such as the Atari 800XL, this BASIC was built into the ROM.
• Atari Microsoft BASIC
• BASIC A+ — An extended BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, from Optimized Systems Software
• BASIC XE — An enhanced version of BASIC XL for the Atari 8-bit family, from Optimized Systems Software ^[4]
• BASIC XL — An improved BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, from Optimized Systems Software ^[5]
• Turbo Basic XL — A freeware BASIC interpreter and compiler for the Atari 8-bit family — based on ATARI BASIC. Even the 'slow' Turbo-BASIC interpreter was about four times as fast as the built in BASIC. Written by Frank Ostrowski — the person who would go on to develop GfA-BASIC. Came from Happy Computer.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Atari TOS

• FaST Basic
• ST BASIC — The BASIC that came with the Atari ST
• STOS BASIC A version of BASIC for the Atari ST designed for game programming. Predecessor of AMOS BASIC on the Amiga.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Commodore Amiga

• ABasiC — Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amigas by MetaComCo.
• ACE (Amiga) — A Compiler for Everyone — A freeware BASIC compiler that is AmigaBASIC compatible and contains extra features, some of which exploit the Amiga's hardware and operating system. ^{[6] [7]}
• Amiga BASIC — Somewhat easier than ABasiC, see MS BASIC for Macintosh.
• AMOS BASIC — A version of BASIC for the Amiga designed for game programming. A descendant of STOS BASIC on the Atari ST. Later derivatives included AMOS Professional (aka AMOS Pro) and Easy AMOS.
• Alvyn BASIC — A free open source multiplatform BASIC interpreter that is fully compatible with Amiga AMOS Professional and is targeted at game development

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Commodore 8-bit VIC-20/C64/etc

• Commodore BASIC (aka CBM BASIC) — Was integrated in the ROM of CBM's 8-bit computers. Built on an early version of 6502 Microsoft BASIC. There were several versions – the most well known was Commodore Basic V2.
• geoBASIC — BASIC for use with GEOS

• BASIC 8.0 — Third-party extension of the Commodore 128's CBM BASIC 7.0
• Exbasic Level II — Extended BASIC. An improved BASIC for the C64, which was loaded from disk or cartridge.
• Graphics BASIC — Third-party extension of CBM BASIC 2.0 on the C64.
• Laser Basic — Third-party extension of CBM BASIC 2.0 on the C64.
• Simons' BASIC — CBM-marketed improved BASIC for the C64, loaded from disk or cartridge
• Super Expander — CBM's own cartridge based extension of CBM BASIC 2.0 on the VIC-20.
• Super Expander 64 — Ditto, for the C64.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - CP/M

• BASIC-E (aka submarine BASIC) (CP/M)
• MBASIC — Further development of OBASIC, also from Microsoft. MBasic was one of the BASICs developed from Microsoft. Came with a line editor), that for example ran under CP/M.
• OBASIC — From Microsoft.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Microsoft DOS and clones

• ASIC
• BASICA — (aka BASIC Advanced, Advanced BASIC) — Available in ROM on IBM PCs. Later disk based versions for PC-DOS.
• GBasic — interpreter with many graphics routines.
• GW-BASIC — BASICA compatible; independent of IBM ROM routines. Came with versions of MS-DOS before 5.0
• IBM Cassette BASIC — Built in to the first IBM PCs. Ran independently of DOS and used audio cassettes as a storage medium.
• Moonrock Basic Compiler — Small Compiler.
• MOLE Basic — Merty's Own Language Extension BASIC.
• QBASIC — Came with versions of MS-DOS from 5.0 to 6.22.
• QuickBasic — Extended QBasic variant (to be more precise, QBasic is a reduced QuickBasic) . Was the commercial version of Qbasic. Came with a compiler.
• Revelation BASIC (MS-DOS)
• Turbo Basic A commercial BASIC compiler for DOS from Borland. (successor of BASIC/Z) (see PowerBASIC)
• UBASIC — interpreter with many mathematical routines. Strong emphasis on number theory. Can work with many-digit numbers, complex numbers.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Microsoft Windows

• sdlBasic
• Rapid-Q
• wxBasic
• Blitz Basic
• CoolBasic — A variant of BASIC suited for game programming with DirectX. ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• DarkBASIC & DarkBASIC Professional — Efficient compiler for game programming.
• Envelop — Visual Basic 3 clone.
• ethosBASIC — ethosBASIC is a new BASIC development system designed to create computer games ^[11].
• GamesBasic — Free object-oriented BASIC variant meant for game programming.
• IBasic — With Windows API and DirectX support.
• JustBasic
• Liberty BASIC — a Bytecode-interpreter similar to Visual Basic.
• Profan — A user friendly interpreted language.
• Pure Basic
• Visual Basic — Microsoft's object oriented Basic-Variant. A dialect with a rapid application development for BASIC.
• Visual Basic .NET — implementation within the .NET-Framework from Microsoft.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Newton OS 1.x/2.x

• NS Basic for Newton — A special full version of Basic that also included special extensions for the Newton OS, including, but not limited to Handwriting Rec. and Touch Screen Interface. Commerical product which is still somewhat supported and for sale in Mail Order Edition only for $99.95. (Note that even through the company's site says the retail version is available it isn't and you will only get an email with the product and the handbook mailed to you.)

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Palm OS

• On-board interpreters and compiliers
  • HotPaw Basic^[12] (aka yBasic, nee cbasPad Pro) — interpreter with GUI and sound funtions. Shareware, $18.95 (as for December 11, 2005) ^[13]
    • cBasPad — small Basic interpreter of the same author. Freeware.
      • cBasPad5 — cBasPad version for PalmOS 5 and above. Freeware.
  • iziBasic^[14] — an easy-to-use BASIC Compiler that runs on the Palm OS device and produces stand-alone applications. Includes terminal mode and support for Palm OS GUI. Shareware, $25 (as for December 11, 2005).
    • tinyBasic — small Basic interpreter of the same author. Freeware with source.
  • SmallBasic^[15] — Basic interpreter for Palm OS and other patforms. Can do "scripts" which look and can be launched like applications. Free software with source.
  • Palm Basic^[16] — Basic interpreter for Palm OS. Freeware.
  • PicoBASIC Integer^[17] — Basic interpreter for Palm OS. Freeware. For some reason, it is not available at the author's site, but can be easily found with google.
• Cross-compiliers
  • NS Basic — IDE and Bytecode-interpreter. Commercial, $154.95 (as for December 11, 2005).
  • HB++^[18] — IDE and compiler. Commercial, starts from Euro 140.
  • AppForge^[19] allows Visual Basic to cross-compile applications for Palm OS.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Sinclair computers derivatives and clones

• SAM BASIC (SAM Coupé)
• Sinclair BASIC (ZX80, ZX81/TS1000, ZX Spectrum)
• SuperBasic (Sinclair QL)
• Beta BASIC – A BASIC toolkit that extended Sinclair BASIC.

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Texas Instruments

• TI BASIC (note: no hyphen) (Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
• TI Extended BASIC (Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
• TI-BASIC (note: hyphen) (Texas Instruments programmable calculators)

List of BASIC dialects by platform - TRS-80

• Color BASIC (Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer, aka CoCo)
• Microsoft Level III BASIC (Tandy / Radio-Shack TRS-80)
• TRS-80 Level  I BASIC (TRS-80) — based on TinyBASIC
• TRS-80 Level II BASIC (Tandy / Radio-Shack TRS-80) — based on Microsoft BASIC

List of BASIC dialects by platform - Unix / Linux

BASIC dialects for Unix, Linux, and other UNIX-like platforms:

• Bas (Unix) — An interpreter for the classic dialect of BASIC ^[20]
• Gambas — A rapid application development environment for BASIC under Linux KDE from Benoit Minisini. Similar approach as Visual Basic.
• Gnome Basic is a project to develop a Visual Basic compatible clone BASIC for GNOME. During the course of development, the project was discontinued, and VB.NET support for Mono was dropped.
• HBasic — Object-oriented open source BASIC IDE. HBasic based on Qt IDE and a BASIC Dialect. Similar approach as Visual Basic.
• Phoenix Object Basic — A free BASIC that includes a GUI builder.
• Rapid-Q — Free command-line compiler for Linux (i386), HP-UX, Solaris (bugged, no support, but easy for small tasks).

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Platforms", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki