I cannot wait for this ! I can remember actually playing with Basic to make games .... this is going to be soooooo much fun to play with again!

This DSiWare title sounds great!

I used BASIC a little on the C=64 in the 80's. I hope the BASIC on Petit Computer would be somewhat similar to that. I still have some old programs written down around here somewhere...

I will buy 4 copies, one for each Nintendo handheld I own so I can always dabble on the go... I am very psyched for this one. I was the only one in my class that passed Basic, everyone else failed it. I had though it would have been the other way around... boy was I surprised.

I'm so getting this

I was looking for some more information, and found out there is a full suite of editors for PC/Mac in case you don't want to do your work on a virtual keyboard all the time. Cool!

• http://micutil.com/ptcutilities/top_e.html

Some other links of interest:

• SmileBASIC user manual: http://smileboom.com/special/ptcm2/co_manual/p11.php
• source code and QR for a cool retro game: http://www2.u-netsurf.ne.jp/~ozawa/startrek/GN_TRK03/trek-0.3.html

Can't imagine this application appealing to a large segment of the DSi/3DS gaming population, especially given the amount of effort required to create anything. But I think it's awesome. Day 1 buy for me.

grabbing 3ds right now to see if i can get it

I dunno if I'll get this, because I have a short attention span and tend to only finish small projects.

OMG, must get this! I've been wanting to learn BASIC, but I haven't had the time or a program that would allow me to work with it. This will give me both!

Yeah, this isn't real basic. At least I don't think. The basic I wrote with as a kid was a little less user friendly. lol

There's more than a version of basic.

Anyways, I'm having a lot of fun with this little app, I'd recommend it to anyone.

ANYONE? Even those with zero programming experience? lol I really want to make sure this won't be a waste of money... it's up there at $8.

Definitely fun to re-learn some of the commands I've forgotten after all these years. I found a couple of my old programs, but the POKE command don't work.
I wrote a dumb little number guessing game and have scanned a few off the Japanese site (some very good examples of what PetitCom can do there).

I used to play around with BASIC as a kid on my Acorn - back when I thought I could actually be a game designer. Love to take it up again....and then maybe one day...who knows?

Why on earth is there not a DECENT TUTORIAL on Smileboom basic in english yet ?????

@Gioku hey, i just read your comment about petite computer. I'm in the same boat as you; i just downloaded petite computer hoping to learn the ropes of basic programming and am finding the included instructions less than helpful do you know of any guides or walkthroughs for the commands that might help a newbie? Thanks

Here's my two cents: go to the Petit Computer website, print off several of the sample programs, and tinker with them. Grab a Basic tutorial like this http://home.cmit.net/rwolbeck/programmingtutorial/ and look for similiarities.

Let me also suggest this: http://justbasic.com/

read 8 chapters of C++ for dummies, have a commodore 64... I've always wanted to program my own RPG and this is as close as I've been. No there isn't a little birdie who walks u though a tutorial but the help guide is just that (helpful). u could do as I did and print all the info u aren't familiar with for quick reference. If u know the book, "Gardens of Imagination"... u should have no prob. with this!!!!

...Still not here? What are they doing?

@Morphtroid and today, you are famous for creating petit farm!