<s>
BASIC	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
is	O
a	O
compilation	O
of	O
type-in	O
computer	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
collected	O
by	O
David	O
H	O
.	O
Ahl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
its	O
better-known	O
games	O
are	O
Hamurabi	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Star	I-Application
Trek	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
published	O
in	O
1973	O
as	O
101	B-Application
BASIC	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
book	O
was	O
so	O
popular	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
two	O
more	O
printing	O
runs	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
in	O
March	O
1975	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programs	O
in	O
these	O
books	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
BASIC	O
dialect	O
found	O
on	O
Digital	O
's	O
minicomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
soon	O
after	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
ported	O
to	O
this	O
dialect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1971	O
,	O
Ahl	O
ported	O
two	O
popular	O
early	B-Application
mainframe	I-Application
games	I-Application
from	O
DEC	O
's	O
FOCAL	B-Language
language	O
to	O
BASIC	O
:	O
Hamurabi	O
and	O
Lunar	B-Application
Lander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wide	O
availability	O
of	O
BASIC	O
on	O
various	O
platforms	O
,	O
notably	O
the	O
Data	B-Device
General	I-Device
Nova	I-Device
and	O
HP	B-Device
2100	I-Device
series	O
,	O
led	O
to	O
considerable	O
porting	O
effort	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
DEC	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
re-acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
book	O
from	O
DEC	O
and	O
re-published	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
BASIC	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
around	O
this	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
hobbyist	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
started	O
appearing	O
in	O
1975	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
became	O
quite	O
popular	O
with	O
these	O
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
1977	O
Trinity	O
"	O
machines	O
(	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
,	O
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
)	O
was	O
soon	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
great	O
many	O
new	O
competing	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
platforms	O
featuring	O
BASIC	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
userbase	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
demand	O
for	O
the	O
book	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
second	O
edition	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
remained	O
strong	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
spawned	O
similar	O
collections	O
in	O
More	O
Basic	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
(	O
1979	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Big	O
Computer	O
Games	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
and	O
Basic	O
Computer	O
Adventures	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
translations	O
into	O
six	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
32-bit	O
or	O
64-bit	O
)	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
64-bit	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
64-bit	O
only	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
machine	O
with	O
the	O
GW-BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	O
(	O
32-bit	O
only	O
)	O
can	O
also	O
run	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
also	O
compilable	O
and	O
playable	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Small	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
development	O
environment	O
for	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Science	O
for	O
Kids	O
has	O
released	O
a	O
2010	O
Small	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
Edition	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
Basic	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
book	O
called	O
Basic	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
:	O
Small	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Program	O
listings	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
(	O
"	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
"	O
)	O
edition	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
More	O
Basic	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
open-source	O
Brassica	O
interpreter	O
in	O
or	O
.	O
</s>
