#turbo pascal

An important step in my life. I started learning with my own set. That's BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basic, Delphi. I've always liked these computer technologies. And since that's how it turned out, I didn't deny myself the pleasure and started learning them from scratch. And the normal way. To avoid getting stuck. I took courses. I tried to consolidate my knowledge through practice. So far, the practice has been less successful.

BASIC is a QB64 dialect. It's compatible with the legendary BASIC from MS-DOS, which is Microsoft's. Plus, there's some new stuff to make it more user-friendly. Then there's Turbo Pascal. I learned it specifically as Turbo Pascal, but in the Free Pascal environment, and then I added courses specifically on Free Pascal. But I'm also a big fan of Turbo Pascal, after all. Visual Basic. That's the modern version in Microsoft Visual Studio. I think it's more accurate to call it with the prefix dot.Net. VBA.NET. But overall, I'm a fan of Visual Basic 6.0. And Delphi, but I learned it in the Lazarus environment. Specifically, as a Lazarus solution. That is, a modern version based on Free Pascal.

That's the first step. Then, I'm learning C SHARP. And I'm still learning. And I'm learning the simplest Web. I can use C Sharp in computer game engines. At least, I think so. For example, there's Unity technology. I've needed Web development for a long time. It's been a while since I should have started learning it. It's for a website. And website building. It's also an interesting subject. It's a combination of technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and SQL.

I'm currently working on these technologies. I'm still learning. Just completing the lessons is one thing. But they still need to be reinforced. That means practice. Writing programs. Creating projects. I've completed the lessons. But the practical side—that's still a bit tricky. But it's coming along. If I'm dreaming, I bought RPG MAKER 2003 on Steam. I'm thinking about mastering it, maybe. I don't have room for so much anymore. I love drawing. I also love writing stories. And all of this is being shoved and packaged into RPG MAKER. Steam also has previous versions like RPG MAKER XP and RPG MAKER 2000. It's also an interesting subject.

This time, I'm learning the normal way. The way it should be. Lessons. Reinforcing the material. Practice. It's already starting to feel stable, like, for about a year. This is a new stage. My goal will be to create simple games and simple programs. Like office solutions. Like a calendar. You know, I just love drawing. So, I'll draw and do some programming. This set of technologies is quite suitable for that. These are BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basic, Lazarus. And web technologies – at least HTML and CSS. It's suitable for such tasks.

Now I'm consolidating the knowledge I've gained. I'm repeating everything. And I'm doing it rather slowly, to be honest. But I'm already building my own knowledge base. I'm taking notes. I'm recording information. Facts. And theses. I also have an Excel spreadsheet in which I compare BASIC, Pascal, Visual Basic, and Lazarus. This also takes time. I have notes in Word or Excel format with the specifics of each language. Again, it's the same old four.

I'm working on systematizing the knowledge I've gained. Maybe someday I'll share this online. If I do everything right, as they say. I'll get to the end. I'll format everything correctly. And write it down. I'll check my notes. I'll practice. As Steve Jobs said in one of his interviews. He was treated well in life. But he was given a chance, and he succeeded. That's why he offers young people good conditions. And so am I. I learned online. And I'll share my knowledge online. I'll try to simply explain. Not to be clever. But that's if I learn. Otherwise, halfway through, my knowledge will be just so-so. First, study. Then practice. Then projects. Then projects, and then you can have the accumulated experience to share your knowledge. This is important, necessary, and responsible! For now, I'm just learning. And I'll continue on this path in 2026.

Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.

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A turn-based tactical game. Cover and shooting. You emerge from cover and shoot at the enemy. The enemy does the same.

The game's core is the same as the original. It just has a few new features. These are effects. Some are purely visual, while others affect gameplay. This is a visual choice of cover. As the game's title suggests, there are tank crosses here. That's why they're available. Double, triple. Just the letter X drawn multiple times.

Also concrete, a square like this. A brick wall. A square with a pattern. And a house. This is a wall with a pattern and a window opening. This is an external visual choice. And a choice of weather. This is rain. Snow. Small, medium, or large. This is a visual effect. A static image of stripes or stars symbolizing snow and rain.

There's also fog. It's also small, medium, or large. There will be horizontal stripes on the other half of the screen—where the enemy is. And the option of pitch black or long range. This affects gameplay. You can't see the enemy. It's either very dark or very far away. You only see the bullets fired by the enemy.

The initial idea for the modification was to use the long range or pitch black mode. The menu has also changed a bit. The title screen, but not much.

Fish Arcade Extreme Mod. Another modification. This one revolves around line of sight. Gameplay has been sped up. And the line of sight is constantly decreasing. You swim like a fish. And dodge rocks. It's still the same game. But there's a line of sight. And as you level up, it gets smaller. So, the game has become more dynamic. And a life bar has appeared.

The first level is similar to everything before. And during the first half of the game, the line of sight decreases as you level up. Little by little. At first, it's unnoticeable. But starting in the second half, you only see half the screen. And you have to react a little faster.

A nice game about a fish. I also changed the story. There's a bit of text here. And the main menu background. You just use the arrow keys to move. Only up and down. And you move within a narrow plane. And avoid the black rectangles—rocks.

The fish swim everywhere. In the ocean and the river. In the pond and the lake. In dark water and clear water. Otherwise, it's the same game as before. About a fish that swims and swims. Still, the dynamics have increased. But again, not by much. This is where the limitations of the Graph module come into play.

For Turbo Pascal or Free Pascal. The Graph module is perfectly suitable for graphics, but more static ones. You can draw and color beautiful graphs. That's true. But full 60 frames per second gameplay will flicker the screen a lot. I deduced this from my attempts to do something about it.

And so the happy fish swims somewhere further! And you have 10 lives. The stripe at the bottom is like this. Bright green. Or blue. Such a bright color. A bright toy about a fish.

Basic Pascal version 1.21 "Sand Road" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Straight Road, Galixanar, Crest and Shooting Mod X, Fish Arcade Extreme Mod. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

The new feature in this version is the new structure of the set. There's a game folder. Then there's a mods folder. The first folder contains the original games themselves. The second folder contains mods—modifications. A new phenomenon. Modifications. These are already released games, but with some improvements. Something I've long dreamed of. A kind of experiment. Some innovations. But the basics are the same as before.

This is a kind of groundwork for a second version of the game, a reminder of the game, simply a way to do something on this theme again. But without developing from a template or from scratch. With a ready-made, implemented idea. Add something else. Whatever was on my mind. It could be version 1.1 or a patch, you can think of it that way. Some improvements, changes.

And this version has 4 games. 2 fully-fledged new games. And 2 modifications. These are Straight Road, Galixanar, Crosses and Shooting Mod X, Fish Arcade Extreme Mod.

Straight Road. This is a game about a road. And how you drive along it. Top-down view. It's an arcade game. Simple. Not too fast-paced and not very varied. The first version of the idea. As usual for me, for relaxation, and as slow as I am. Monotonous.

Sort of like a racing game, but it's a runner. You're driving a car, top-down view. Two lanes. And traffic. And you just have to avoid oncoming cars. You can't go off the road. There are palm trees on the side and it's spring or summer. The idea is that you're going to the sea. On vacation. A game about vacation. But you can think about anything. About a country road. Or whatever you like.

There are a ton of car sprites. Multicolored. To put you in a good mood. And a sunny game theme. That's why I decided you're going to the seaside on vacation. In a cool car, with the top down. But then again, your imagination can be anything. There's a musical theme. Two melodies.

By overtaking cars, you get points. And there are several levels. And different backgrounds on the side. And a slightly different set of oncoming cars. Mostly just cars. There's a little jeep. The game also has the idea of ​​a bright multimedia project from the early 90s. The first multimedia projects. With graphics and sound.

A top-down car game. In the format of leisurely gameplay. Besides the theme of the first Windows applications, like Windows 3.11 or Windows 95, there's also MS DOS like 6.22 SVGA or VGA with bright graphics. And simple gameplay. Just a relaxing drive.

You have three lives. I also remember a game for the MSX2 system called Road Warrior, and a racing game for the Dendy 8-bit called Highway Star. And it's spring. That's why I named this game release after that game. And the main theme is a road with sand in the middle. And then there's the vertical screen format. Music. Summer. Good mood.

Galixanar. It's an arcade. A space shooter. Like Space Invaders. The screen resolution is 320x200. It's simple. You're below and shooting at the top. And there are two lines of enemies. They move a little. For variety. And sometimes they shoot back.

The level increases. And the activity increases. The enemies become more active. They even move towards you. And when they touch your line, it's game over. So you have to destroy them all.

So, two lines of enemies. 10 per line. They shoot. They move slightly left and right around their set point. And every now and then, they take a step toward you vertically. The classic Space Invaders formula.

I've made games like this before and even considered making it my main theme at one point. Previously, I'd made games more like Galaga. Where the enemies just don't move. It was a static picture. But now I've added movement along the Y axis. And you have to destroy all the enemies in time.

In this game, everything takes place underwater. It's like space. But underwater. On a distant planet. An ocean planet. It's deep. The ocean is poorly permeable to light. And someone lives there. The game's background is either purple or black. It changes from level to level. I also drew sprites. The idea is like fish underwater. Deep-sea fish. Like anglerfish. A bit creepy. Or there was an underwater theme in the game Aqua Nox. And so I also went diving with this game.

Some underwater fish or underwater vehicles. They can glow. Underwater, these creatures or vehicles generate electricity and glow. The soundtrack is gurgling underwater. It's unusual and quiet.

And suddenly you start hearing something. In the silence. Gurgling. Fish theme. The player moves left and right and shoots with the spacebar. An unusual appearance and underwater theme. Gurgling instead of music. Science fiction, a bit of mysticism and mystery. Everything is underwater. It's unusual.

Basic Pascal version 1.21 "Sand Road" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Straight Road, Galixanar, Crest and Shooting Mod X, Fish Arcade Extreme Mod. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.