========================================= QBasic Gazette e-vol. 2, no. 2 ========================================= Augh! What's going on with NeoZones? ========================================= Contents ========================================= * Articles - Letters to the Editor - Clone in QB, by Godzilla - Programs, programming, coding and algorithms - Fake OSes in QB - Majiko: The Final Article * Reviews, Links in the Spotlight * News & Announcements - 4 in a Row * Info/Contacting/Submitting - Writers ========================================= Articles ========================================= * Clones in QB, by Godzilla * Ok, I'm back! This time we'll talk about clones in qb. Clones are made because people liked a concept of a game so much that they want to make such a good game too. Some people don't like clones because the author didn't made the concept, but someone else did it before. But it stillis a cool concept, so why not make a clone? There already clones on non-qb games but never a clone on a qb game. That's being done now by GraphTech and me. It will be a clone on Arakkis, witch is allready a clone. Soit's a clone on a clone. Complicated huh? Let me help you out: All GUI in QB Almost all GUI in qb are clones, some good some bad. for more info, go get the previous gaz. BomberZone Made by Future Software and Badjas Productions. Very cool game, one of the best in qb. This is (as far as I know) the second Bomberman clone in qb. The first one is still at qbasic.com. But this one is much better. The demo is allready downloaded over 320 times. Go increase that number at: www.qb45.com (FS homepage) or mail Badjas Productions at: Badjas_Productions@hotmail.com Mine Sweeper This is a cool one! It's done by Secret Weapon Software. It's better than Windows' mine sweeper (WMS for short)! It really randomizes and is much harder than WMS. It's avalible for download along with more info at: http://my.ispchannel.com/~dmowrer/swsoft/home.html ZeldaClone Made by FS. Cool clone of the Legend of Zelda nintendo game. Could be very cool. After releasing 2 demo's it's canceled, like Pacclone, the thirt (as far as I know) pacman clone in qb, witch was also being made by FS. The source is avalible so go finish it! More info at: www.qb45.com Qnopoly Very coooool! Probally it'll be one of Qbasic's best clones. It's a monopoly clone, with a option to switch between the real monopoly (up to 5 players) and Qnopoly, where the property are QB Software Companies (with websites), so reserve your spot at the board now! No download yet but it's completed for 85%. Also done by SW Soft so readmore at: http://my.ispchannel.com/~dmowrer/swsoft/home.html Arrakis Another one by FS. Very cool game! It's a clone on C&C and Dune 2000. One of the best games in QB. Nothing more to say except this: Go get it at www.qb45.com. Seek & Destroy Arrakian Dawn A clone on Arrakis. Just started, so not much to say yet. I'm workingon it too, because I'm a big Arrakis fan. I hope it's gonna be better than Arrakis, but I think that's gonna be hard. Mail me at: robinro@zonnet.nl or look at Neil Richardsons homepage: http://www.g-tech.org.uk Well there're many clones in QB, so I just made a selection for ya. Look through the 'net and you will find lots more. I want to give credit to Badjas (Badjas_Productions@hotmail.com) because he told me about the Mine Sweeper clone. Thanx alot! That's it for now, take care of yourself... and eachother. Cya, Godzilla fake oses Hi, I would like you to please list this as a rebuttal to the "Fake OSesin QBasic", OS's CAN be done in QB OS's can be done in QB, just like windows can. Windows 95 runs on topof dos, and so do all the earlier versions. The only version of Windows thatdoesn't run on top of dos is Windows 98. If anyone can create, or find a FAT(File Allocation Table) to use for an OS in QB, then it can be easily done.But most of the programs done so far, ex. Windowz, Rush, Artechoes, and ES-Menu are nice programs, but no wherenear true OS's. If anyone wants to call their QB program an "OS' then makeit at least run ALL programs, and have the start of a FAT. THANX, MC-Productions majiko MAjIkO: Seperation Anxiety I am the symbiote, The QuickBasic Community is the host. And oncewe were together, now we are to be torn part. What infectious seeds I have spawned will soon nearly all be gone... And, soon to be erased from thoughtfor a long time... As I slowly fade away into my shadowy Motel Room, dreamingof what the next day will bring, I will alway remember how my dad tore meaway from everything, my ilk (MajiKODE), my world (Internet), my native language (QuickBasic), my friends (Friends), and the rest of you pitiful slobs. I say good-bye to Becomer, for he was more than a friend, a worker andmy cousin, I say good-bye to SB, more than a friend, a board-poster. AndI say to all the QuickBasic people these near-final words, "Too bad slobs, youbetter have this place better when I get ressurected back into the throne asthe Most Hated, not feared, King of QB Evil." So, now, I will be going onApril 1st, 2000, to wreak havoc in a new land, called British Columbia. Iwill fester in a Motel for several days, then I will fester my way into ahome, and soon, I will be back within 1 week to 4 months... So, say your final words to me, ( majiko@hotmail.com ) (And make a cheezey memorial page too! Hehahahah!) --MAjIkO, King of QB Evil, but not programming. :( ========================================= Reviews, Links in the Spotlight ========================================= ========================================= News & Announcements ========================================= In march I had the idea to make a web page for my old game "4 in a row". I'm sure everybody knows that game. So the idea of the web page is, that you can download the game, look at it and program it better. Then you send me the game via EMail and I will upload the newest version. Also you can discuss on the message board on how to make the game better.You don't have to be an expert to program "4 in a row" better. I got the idea from the inventer of Linux, who put Linux in a newsgroup for everybody free to program it better and as you see, it's one of the best OS. "4 in a row" too could become a good game with your help. Visit http://go.quick.to/4-in-a-row I'm sure, that when you help programing it better, you will learn a lot about programing. Philip Perry ========================================= Info/Contacting/Submitting ========================================= * Writers * Thanks to all those that contributed articles! Thanks to Robin "godzilla" Rozendal for his article on clones in QB (good reporting job). He can be reached at the following address: robinro@zonnet.nl. -Tek tek@tekscode.com http://neozones.tekscode.com/