- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (See description); $70.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98
- Date added: November 16, 2001
- Total Downloads: 106,550
- Downloads last week: 87
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- Average user rating: stars out of 60 votes
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Publisher's description
From Fasttrak :This tool blends together the power of DirectX and the ease of BASIC, and is designed to give beginners the power to create professional software. DarkBASIC sits above a powerful DirectX engine that handles 3D objects, bitmaps, sounds, music, speech, and animation. DarkBASIC is a tool you can use for almost anything. This update contains built-in translation architecture and bug fixes.
CNET Editor's Note: The unregistered version has the following limitations. The Media menu has been disabled, you are restricted to 10,000 lines of code, context-sensitive help will not be available, the app is unable to load 3DS model files and is restricted in the number of objects, and standalone executables include a Dark Basic Logo. Additionally, the app doesn't include all of the models, bitmaps, textures, music tracks, and sound effects.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 60 votes
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: DarkBASIC 1.13
Pros: none
Cons: If you want to crash and reboot alot, use Dark Basic. This thing crashes when you are just reading the help files.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: DarkBASIC 1.13
Pros: as a game maker i first used this program but i now use the pro version but any this is great it creats 3d games with and to lear code engine and interface
Cons: there is only one thing i dont like about this and you will only under stand it if you use the software, it is in the code when you try to load a onject it has to be bang on
e.g c/program files and so on
but the rest is not ine its brilliant
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: DarkBASIC 1.13
Pros: -TONS of examples on the program
-Uses the easyest programing language
-Makes cool 3d games
-fun
Cons: -Takes a while to learn basic
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: DarkBASIC 1.13
Summary: This program is really not good. I'm trying to find something positive to say, but I just can't. It makes use of DirectX with an "advanced" basic like language and "interpret" your code, instead of compile it as C/C++ does. The result is what you ma... read more >>
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Version: DarkBASIC 1.13
Pros: No matter what anybody says I think this is a great and easy language for making games. I do agree that it has problems but that is why they made DB Pro. This is a great way to begin game programming, it was how I learned and I never looked back!
Cons: Uses an old version of direct X (7 i think) but DB Pro uses the new version so I don't really have any complaints.
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