AMOS

OLDGAMER · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: AMOS

Hey is there anyone that used Amos back in the day i have seen a copy at a second hand store i am thinking of picking it up and trying some game design is it ok to use to learn to make games or is it a hard core programing software
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Thrashie · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject:

hmm i once made a pong game in it.. and a few car sprites that could move around.. but never had enough patience to really get productive

would hardly call it hardcore programing tho... its more like an advanced basic (atleast it was advanced in those days Razz

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why not give the adf files a test run first?
http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=375

not that i ever tried it... but there seem to be plenty games made in blitzbasic
might be worth looking into the difference of the 2... or maybe someone else could shed some light on it

mombasajoe · Groupie in Training Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 82

I am actually new to AMOS and think that´s really easy to get into it.

Dagger · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject:

It is good for creating games as it comes with a sprite editor etc. Not sure of the games you want to create but you will not get arcade speed so to speak as it is only a basic but the compiler that you can get for Amos will help. If you are looking to create a fast moving gaming then maybe Blitz basic but this is a bit more difficult to use. I think at least one of the Skidmarks games was created with Blitz.
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OLDGAMER · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject:

Cheers for the info guys i may try to find blitzbasic as that sounds more like what i am after i will still pick up Amos to see what its like.
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tarnschaf · Newcomer Joined: 23 Mar 2010 Posts: 1

I did use AMOS (Pro) and I loved it.

Only did simple games (move sprites with joystick to accomplish sth.) and simple apps only, though.

If AMOS 3D only had been a little earlier and the Amiga hardware a bit more 3D-friendly..

woody.cool · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject:

I used to do a lot of stuff with AMOS Pro back in the day, and I still like to mess about with it on the odd occasion.
If you can get yourself a copy, I would .... it's worth it if you are into coding and want to have something to play with.
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AmigoJr · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 12:46 pm Post subject: Amos

I had Amos Pro back in 1993 and loved the language, easy to use and the manual was a God send. Being a BASIC programmer from earlier platforms i loved what Amos Pro had to provide. Cool

I made my home brew games including PacMan/Ms PacMan, Centipede, Breakout, a Gradius Varient called 'Gradius Force', Tetris, and some of other small projects that didnt get finished.

I programmed up until about 1999 but still enjoyed playing with the computer. Just resently i was thinking about unboxing my Amiga and playing with it; reading all these post have convinced me.

Using Amos is still a great way to enter the programming world from a starters viewpoint. Yeah! Very Happy

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ricky500 · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject:

Are there instructions for the sprite editor?

How do you save your sprites? Do you have to go to direct mode and save them with a command?
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OLDGAMER · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:42 pm Post subject:

I think theres a icon there .abk to disk or something like that but i will look in my V1.2 extras manual

oh lol i just thought of it press the S key and you can save press L to load in the sprite editor
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ricky500 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

Do you know how to make stand alone programs - IE programs that do not need AMOS to run?
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woody.cool · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

ricky500 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject:

OK - thanks for the info! Smile

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akabei · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject:

Amos and Amos Compiler were on the coverdisks of the CU Amiga April 1993 issue, but I guess it will be quite hard to get into it, with just a few pages of explanation. If I remember correctly, they had an Amos workshop in the upcoming issues.
http://amr.abime.net/issue_602_coverdisks

ricky500 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject:

I have the full PDF of the AMOS manual - so no trouble there.

Thanks for the cover disk link though as I'm sure that is the latest version of the compiler.

I patched my Amos disk to Amos 1.36 - is that the latest version (besides Amos Pro)?
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