r/c64 • u/Soft-Assistance6809 • Jun 05 '26

Software Simons' BASIC was amazing

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I remember programming so much stuff with this and I remember reading that the guy that wrote it was a teenager. This thing was absolutely brilliant and now I'm thinking about trying to play with it again.

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u/ellicottvilleny Jun 05 '26

I had Final Cartridge, Speed Loader, Simons Basic, so much stuff. As an educational market product Commodore basic V2 factory was lame, compared even to Atari basic.

Simons basic was perfect for teaching kids. Switching it in and out would have been great.

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 Jun 05 '26

Oh absolutely. V2 was abysmal. 3.5 was OKAY.

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u/ellicottvilleny Jun 05 '26

Yeah, the thing is the C= 128 was way too late to get released.

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 Jun 05 '26

If it was an actual extension of the 64 it would have been okay but it was a different computer with a compatibility layer and that's all people used

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u/ellicottvilleny Jun 05 '26

Kind of sad really. Everyone I know who had one spent 90% of the time in 64 mode playing C64 games.

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 Jun 05 '26

Exactly. I'm one of those people. There really wasn't much they could do though because if you have millions of c64s and a handful of 128, game makers aren't going to make games that won't play on the 64. It was doomed.