Commodore 64 BASIC & Vision BASIC Compiler - A Review of Sprite Tips and Tricks for the Programmer

[@v8volkswagen38]

Lots of great tips. Many that I had forgotten over all these years.

[@visionbasic]

Thank you! There are the well-known ones, and then there are things I simply play around with and see if they improve the speed. The "ON GOTO" tip was merely an idea that I tested to see if it would improve the speed, but I didn't know what it would do ahead of time. :)

[@scottharris7222]

Impressive speedups with traditional BASIC. IT was enough for me to get things moving and working let alone parsing the code to that level. Amazing insights. Vision Basic is insane.

[@visionbasic]

I appreciate the compliments! Thank you! :)

[@todayontheinternet7790]

I am excited for more great videos! - new sub.

[@visionbasic]

Awesome! I tend to focus mostly on Vision BASIC, but I do want to share what I've learned about regular BASIC and machine language too. Let me know if there is a topic you'd like to see covered -- I won't promise anything, but I do listen to the input!

[@Mark-pr7ug]

Was going to suggest integer variables as on my old cpc464 they speeded up basic programs. However I've found out that they are slower on the commodore.

[@visionbasic]

They are slower, but I think they're faster than decimal variables when compiling with Blitz. But integers are definitely faster in Vision BASIC - always!