IntyBASIC 1.2.
5 Quick Reference
16‐bit variables and arrays must start with #
$0000 = %00000000 = “ “ = 0
REM This is a comment FOR i = value TO value [STEP value]
‘ This is a comment too NEXT [i]
CONST name = value WHILE expr … WEND
SIGNED var_or_array DO WHILE expr … LOOP
UNSIGNED var_or_array DO UNTIL expr … LOOP
VARPTR var_or_array DO … LOOP WHILE expr
DIM array(size) DO … LOOP UNTIL expr
label: PROCEDURE ‘ One line EXIT (FOR/WHILE/DO)
… END
GOTO label IF expr GOTO label
GOSUB procedure IF expr [ELSEIF expr THEN …]
RETURN [ELSE label] END IF
ON expr GOTO label[, label…] ‘ IntyBASIC’s switch statement
ON expr GOSUB label[,, label…] ‘ Can omit labels to skip for certain values
ON FRAME GOSUB label ‘ Can only appear once
STACK_CHECK ‘ Checks for stack overflows in VBLANK routine
WAIT ‘ For VBLANK ‐ 60hz NTSC, 50hz PAL
POKE address, value INCLUDE “filename.bas”
RESTORE label ‘ Sets read point ASM INCLUDE “filename.asm”
READ var[, var…] ASM assembler_instruction
var = labelname(index) ‘ Equivalent CALL asm_function([argument, …])
DATA const[, const…] var = USR asm_function([argument, …])
DATA string DEF FN function([var, …]) = expr
DEFINE [ALTERNATE] card_num, total, label
DEFINE [ALTERNATE] card_num, total, VARPTR label(expr)
‘Secondary PSG (requires ECS) identical except SOUND 5 through 9
SOUND 0, sound_12bit, vol_4bit ‘ Channel A
SOUND 1, sound_12bit, vol_4bit ‘ Channel B
SOUND 2, sound_12bit, vol_4bit ‘ Channel C
SOUND 3, sound_16bit, type_4bit ‘ Volume envelope (frequency/shape)
SOUND 4, noise_5bit, mix_reg ‘ Noise and mix register ($38 value by default)
SOUND (0…2), sound_12bit, 48 ‘ Magic volume number, means use envelope on 3
SPRITE index, x_coord, y_coord, cardinfo ‘ Index = sprite number
x_coord bits: y_coord bits: cardinfo bits:
7‐0: position 6‐0: position 2‐0: lower bits/color
8: interaction 7: 16 line sprite 11‐3: card number
9: visibility 9‐8: Scale: 00,01,10,11 12: upper bit/color
10: double width (0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x) 13: mob behind bg
10: flip X
11: flip Y
CLS ‘ Clears screen, sets cursor to upper left
PRINT [AT expr] [COLOR expr][,] string[, string…] ‘ XOR with color present
Foreground/Background COLOR bits: Color Stack COLOR bits:
2‐0: Foreground color (0‐7) 2‐0: Low 3 bits of FG color
8‐9: Background bits 0‐1 12: High bit of FG color
12: Background bit 3 (not 2!) (Must be 0 for GROM cards)
13: Background bit 2 13: Change color stack
SCROLL offset_x, offset_y, move_screen
‘ move_screen will move screen if offset_x or offset_y exceed 7
‘ 0 = no move, 1 = move left, 2 = move right, 3 = move up, 4 = move down
BORDER color, mask ‘ color = 0 through 15
‘ mask: 0 = mask none, 1 = mask left column, 2 = mask top row, 3 = mask both
SCREEN label[, source_offset, target_offset, cols, rows[, source_width]]
‘ Label can also be #array() for dynamically‐drawn elements
‘ source_offset = distance from label, target_offset = distance/screen pos. 0
BITMAP “___XX___” ‘ Anything not “0”, “_”, “.”, or space = 1.
‘ Should be paired. Stored as 16‐bit DECLEs (high bits = row 2, low = row 1)
PLAY SIMPLE [NO DRUMS] ‘ Simple means sound channel 2 is available
PLAY FULL [NO DRUMS] ‘ NO DRUMS means sound channel 4 is available
PLAY VOLUME expr ‘ 0 = silent, 15 = max
PLAY NONE
‘ Turn off sound with SOUND 4,0,$38 after using NO DRUMS
‘ Turn off sound with SOUND (1…3),1,0 and SOUND 4,0,$38 after NONE
PLAY label
‘ Label can also be #array() for dynamically generated music
label: DATA tempo ‘ Ticks per note, 50 ticks per second NTSC/PAL both
MUSIC note1, note2, note3[, note4]
Mandatory parts of note: (1‐3 only) Can also add instrument after note:
Note + Octave (C2 through C8) W = piano, X = clarinet,
Sharp notes: D4# Y = flute, Z = bass (C4#W, etc.)
Drums: (note4 only) ‐ means silence (no note for beat)
M1 = strong, M2 = tap, M3 = roll S means sustain previous note
VOICE INIT ‘ Must come before any voice commands
VOICE PLAY label ‘ Play sound information at label (or #array())
VOICE WAIT ‘ Halt execution until voice queue is clear
VOICE PLAY WAIT label ‘ Play voice and halt execution until sound is done
VOICE NUMBER expr ‘ Say number out loud (“twenty seven thousand”)
label: VOICE phoneme_or_phrase[, phoneme_or_phrase…], 0
Phrases: Phonemes:
MATTEL, ZERO, ONE, TWO, THREE, PA5, PA4, PA3, PA2, PA1 (pauses),
FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, AA, AE1, AO, AR, AW, AX, AY, BB1,
NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE, BB2, CH, DD1, DD2, DH1, DH2, EH,
THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, EL, ER1, ER2, EY, FF, GG1, GG2,
SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, GG3, HH1, HH2, IH, IY, JH, KK1,
NINETEEN, TWENTY, THIRTY, FOURTY, KK2, KK3, LL, MM, NG1, NN1, NN2,
FIFTY, SIXTY, SEVENTY, EIGHTY, OR2, OW, OY, PP, RR1, RR2, SH, SS,
NINETY, HUNDRED, THOUSAND, TEEN, TH, TT1, TT2, UH, UW1, UW2, VV,
TY, PRESS, ENTER, OR, AND WH, WW, XR2, YR, YY1, YY2, ZH, ZZ
FLASH INIT ‘ Put at start of program, compile ‐‐jlp
FLASH ERASE row ‘ row goes from FLASH.FIRST to FLASH.LAST
FLASH READ row, VARPTR #array() ‘ #array() must hold exactly 96 elements
FLASH WRITE row, VARPTR #array() ‘ Flash ops stop execution for a moment
Number of 8‐bits variables allowed: 228
Subtract 3 if you use SCROLL Subtract 3 if you use VOICE
Subtract 6 if you use the keypad Subtract 26 if you use PLAY
Number of 16‐bits variables allowed: 47
7962 if using ‐‐jlp or ‐‐cc3 switch)
Subtract 20 if you use SCROLL Subtract 30 if you use VOICE
Controller variables (CONT is all controllers, CONT1 and CONT2 are specific):
CONT CONT1 CONT2
Contains bitmask from $01ff (left/1), $01fe (right/2), or both together
CONT.UP CONT1.UP CONT2.UP Non‐zero if UP pressed
CONT.DOWN CONT1.DOWN CONT2.DOWN Non‐zero if DOWN pressed
CONT.LEFT CONT1.LEFT CONT2.LEFT Non‐zero if LEFT pressed
CONT.RIGHT CONT1.RIGHT CONT2.RIGHT Non‐zero if RIGHT pressed
CONT.BUTTON CONT1.BUTTON CONT2.BUTTON Non‐zero if any button pressed
CONT.B0 CONT1.B0 CONT2.B0 Non‐zero if top buttons pressed
CONT.B1 CONT1.B1 CONT2.B1 Non‐zero if left button pressed
CONT.B2 CONT1.B2 CONT2.B2 Non‐zero if right button pressed
CONT.KEY CONT1.KEY CONT2.KEY
Current pressed key (0‐9, 10=clear, 11=enter, 12=not pressed)
Because movements can be read as keys, wait for 12 before waiting for key
COL0 COL1 COL2 COL3 COL4 COL5 COL6 COL7
Collision between sprites for frame. Bit 0‐7 = collision with that sprite
Bit 8 = collision against background pixel, Bit 9 = against borders
RAND ‘ Pseudo‐random value between 0 and 255, updated each frame
RAND(max) ‘ Same as RAND but for 0 to max. Powers of 2 are optimized.
RANDOM(max) ‘ Same as RAND(max) but doesn’t need frame wait. Slower.
LEN(string) ‘ Gives length of string. Useful in macros.
POS(expr) ‘ Gives current cursor position. Expression evaluated, not used
FRAME ‘ Current frame number (0‐65535, cycles over itself)
NTSC ‘ 1 if Intellivision is NTSC, 0 otherwise
#MOBSHADOW() ‘ Alias for locations 0‐23 of STIC (the MOB buffer)
#BACKTAB() ‘ Alias for screen buffer ($0200‐$02EF)
FLASH.FIRST, FLASH.LAST ‘ First and last rows of JLP flash memory
MUSIC.PLAYING ‘ 1 if music is playing, 0 otherwise
