Is MicroPython better than Basic? Let's reprogram 80s basic retro games in Python!

Let's re-program some 80s Retro games into MicroPython and run them on a Microcontroller.

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[CallousCoder]

Us 50 somethings will say: Z80 or 6502 Assembly is better. Learning assembly back when I was 13, was the best thing I learned. It made me understand basic a lot more and it laid the foundation for my EE degree in micro controllers. And I still do a lot of assembly on this channel too. Because I think that only having literally a dozen or so frequently used opcodes that you need to use to build something useful is the ultimate teacher of problem solving.

[rienwijnsma]

Your shirt "Whitby Abbey" = home of the undead. You dressed for the occasion.

Great weekend for MP lovers. Both you and Explaining Computers did a blog on it.

[upsidedowngalaxy]

Hi from Rockville MD, my first computer was a Sharp MZ700

[briantw]

I've had that exact 'Rainbow Book of BASIC Programs' for the past 40 years or so :-)

[bitnbrick]

@kevin How do you share your screen, bench cam and video ? OBS ?

[lawrenceharris]

There were many better systems than BASIC. In the late 60’s I was using a multi user database system called mumps-9 which had a 16k words of memory, 8 users and uniform hierarchical data store on a 3 mega character drum. It later morphed into DSM-11 on a pdp-11 with 64k of memory an around 40 terminals and network distributed database capabilities. When the IBM PC came out it was ported to the DOs and retained its multiuser distributed database capability. Modern versions are still code compatible but have persistent objects and much much more and run Uber windows, unix, vms at least.

[CallousCoder]

Us 50 somethings will say: Z80 or 6502 Assembly is better. Learning assembly back when I was 13, was the best thing I learned. It made me understand basic a lot more and it laid the foundation for my EE degree in micro controllers. And I still do a lot of assembly on this channel too. Because I think that only having literally a dozen or so frequently used opcodes that you need to use to build something useful is the ultimate teacher of problem solving.