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Action! is a programming language for the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers. It features an integrated editor, a debugger, and a 6502 compiler. Action! was created by Clinton Parker and released on cartridge by Optimized Systems Software (OSS) in 1983. Its syntax is similar to that of ALGOL 68.  Action! is significant for its high performance, which allows games and graphics demos to be written in a high-level language without the use of hand-written assembly language code. Action!...

Inform is the core distribution of a powerful programming language and design system created for writing interactive fiction, where authors describe stories as text adventure games that players explore through typed commands. The language is distinctive for its natural-language-inspired syntax that reads almost like English, allowing storytellers to define rooms, objects, characters, and narrative logic in an intuitive way that emphasizes expressive clarity and literary structure. When you write in Inform, the source code is compiled into playable story files that run on interactive fiction virtual machines such as Z-machine or Glulx, enabling classic text-based gameplay with modern tooling. ...

KAREL 3D written in JavaScript with WebGL is a children's programming language for teaching algorithms. This is later variant from Karel the Robot in 3D, created in 1986 for 8bit microcomputer PMD 85-2. Support full recursion, create new commands, complex commands with condition from dialog and direct control with keys, language translation. Objects: brick, wall, mark, fence. Check out the Wiki (here) for more examples and pictures. Include ZIP with original historical...