SpecBAS incorporates all the features of Sinclair BASIC, but with more: Procedures, with both referenced and normal variable parameters Flow control with DO..LOOP, WHILE..LOOP, DO..UNTIL Better array handling, with variable BASE settings and FOR..EACH support Better string handling with LEFT$, RIGHT$, MID$, REPEAT$ etc Memory banks which can be loaded, saved and utilised to hold a variety of data types Many, many more maths functions, with both radians and degrees support Graphics with 8bpp in any supported resolution with full palette changing, rotation, scaling etc Sound support with MOD/S3M/XM/IT/MP3/VOC/WAV etc Turtle graphics, sprites, tilemaps.

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