SecondBASIC Documentation v3

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Welcome to SecondBASIC!

What is SecondBASIC? It's a BASIC compiler to create software for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in a fast, easy, and familiar environment. SecondBASIC is beginner friendly and powerful enough for the most experienced developers.

Why use SecondBASIC?

SecondBASIC makes it easy to develop applications immediately after a quick and easy installation as there's no need to reconfigure your system or development environment to get started. You'll be up and running in less than 5 minutes!

Design your games in a powerful environment! SecondBASIC comes with its own development environment. You can set up your external applications to run from the toolbar, as well as run any custom scripts and applications after a successful compile. There's also a few tools included to help make your life easier.

Expanded commands! New commands and functions, teamed up with enhancements made the existing command set, make SecondBASIC a powerful and easy to use language to create your Sega Genesis applications.