https://github.com/savetz/10line-2016-connect4

Connect Four game in Turbo BASIC XL for Atari 8-bit. Entry for 2016 10-line BASIC contest
https://github.com/savetz/10line-2016-connect4

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Connect Four game in Turbo BASIC XL for Atari 8-bit. Entry for 2016 10-line BASIC contest

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/savetz/10line-2016-connect4
• Owner: savetz
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-04-21T17:47:22.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-03-10T20:36:50.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-09T00:06:05.481Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: atari800xl, atari8bit, connect4-game, fujinet, turbobasicxl
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• Size: 82 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# 10line-2016-Connect4

Connect Four game in Turbo BASIC XL for Atari 8-bit. Entry for 2016 10-line BASIC contest

![screenshot](connect4.png)

My third entry in the 2016 10-line BASIC program contest is CONNECT4, a board game for two players. Once again I used the TurboBASIC XL Parser Tool to create the minimized BASIC file - the “long lines” version I submitted weighs in at 8 lines, putting in the extended line lengths category. I managed to get the the 120-character-per-line version created by the tool down to 11 lines, but frankly I feel kind of done with this one, so I’m going to call it done rather than trying to squish it down to 120-character “pure” lines.

If anything, I’d add to the program the ability to have a computer opponent, but I just don’t think I can do it in the space I have left. At one point in this little program’s development, when I had the board and the logic of identifying wins, I knew I had room to add player-missile graphics for the piece dropping, or a computer opponent, but not both. I went for the pretty graphical effect.

Line-by-line code explanation is at https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/138643299097/connect4

Sometime later, I made a version of the game that works across a network using the [FujiNet](https://fujinet.online) network adapter. Added that version to the repo.