My first computer (Fujitsu FM-7, in the early 80s) had a BASIC command called 'symbol()', which allowed drawing text as graphics instead of print() to character RAM. It was incredibly slow (I could watch it draw from the top to the bottom) and could only do integer ratio zoom, but we absolutely loved the command...
This small snippet is my attempt to revive it in PICO-8.
EDIT: I've added 'scale_x' and 'scale_y' parameters. When given negative values, the text is flipped.
Fun, and I totally get the feeling.
My 1st computer was an amstrad CPC 464 and I also miss using some BASIC magic commands like EVERY to handle interrupts (!), the color commands PEN PAPER INK and BORDER (internally very similar to Pico-8), and the dark arts of messing with the display chip with OUT commands.
Now I want to write a locomotive basic interpreter for PICO-8 :)
Any CPC fan willing work on it with me ?
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