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QBasic Gazette e-vol. 1 no. 1
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QBasic Gazette e-vol. 1, no. 1
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Welcome to the first email version of the QBasic Gazette! There's many things in store for these email versions, and I hope that you all gain something from them in one way or another. There's currently 85 members, and I'm hoping to at least double that number and make one of the 'gaz one of the better known lists out there!
Keep in mind that this is the first issue.. so like.. uhm.. yeah. =)
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Contents
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* Article
QBasic in the next Millenium, by Tek
* Reviews
Wrath of Sona, by Tek
* Links in the Spotlight
Sneukeule's Qbasic/Quickbasic RPG Page
* News & Announcements
Homewarming for Future Software
The ELITE QBasic Top 50
* Info/Contacting/Submitting
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Articles
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* QBasic in the next millenium, by Tek
QBasic is probably in the prime of it's life right now, and no one can be certain on how long QB will be in it's prime. Some are skeptical to new versions of Windows making DOS less and less apparent, and some just think that QBasic will up and die at any given moment. What do I think? I think that QBasic is great to use for many reasons, and is a fundamentally important building block for those of us who want to go on to be programmers later in life. People are given a great opportunity to "test the waters" before diving into C or other high-level programming languages, or even learning asm. So where will QBasic stand in the next millenium? Probably still present to most people as "the language that could", and used by many to make everything ranging from games, to image editors, .wav players, and the whole array of things that push the intended limits of QB farther back.
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Reviews
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* Wrath of Sona, by Tek
What's new in the qbasic rpg scene? Well, there's a relatively large set of downloads for "Wrath of Sona", an rpg in the works for quite some time by Kaddash Software Group, namely Nekrophidius and his contributors. Wrath of Sona looks like most other qb rpgs, with such quirks as tile by pixel scrolling, bwsb music, and an advanced dialog engine. The music is nice, and this rpg actually features a battle engine, yup, you heard right, a battle engine. One of the better ones in the qb scene. For more information, or to download WOS, goto http://ksg.hypermart.net.
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Links in the Spotlight
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* Sneukeule's Qbasic/Quickbasic RPG Page
Looking for just about EVERY QBasic/QuickBasic rpg ever made? Want to access a file library of RPG development tools, such as image editors made for qb, in qb, soundblaster sound makers/players, general routines, tutorials, interviews, and more? Then this is the place for you. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/7221/Qbasic.htm
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News & Announcements
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* Homewarming for Future Software
Where'd Future Software go? They moved! If you're looking for the new home of Future Software, you might try http://www.webking.com/~future.
* The ELITE QBasic Top 50
Have you ever wanted more exposures and hits to your site, but you don't have a lot of dough? AmpleWorks.com has done it again! We've began "The ELITE Qbasic Top 50". It's straight to the point.
Fair, Free, Updated every week ON TIME unlike other topsite services.
URL: http://www.ampleworks.com/qbt50/index.htm
E-mail: qbt50@ampleworks.com
Administrator: Jeffrey Ferguson, Owner, AmpleWorks.com
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Info/Contacting/Submitting
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If you'd like to...
Submit an article for publication in the email or html versions of the 'gaz, send it to me, with something like "gazette article" in the subject of the mail. I'll soon have a html form on a special 'gaz page to make submitting things to me a little more efficient.
If you'd like to ask a question, send mail to me and I'll try and get back to you.
If you'd like to offer suggestions/complaints/services, please also email me.
Btw, if you'd like to do a little advertising, have some people check out NeoZones, and goto the 'gaz section to signup, the more the merrier, thanks!
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Tek & Contributors
neozones@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/~neozones
