SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

I downloaded DarkBasicPro, which is apparently now free and OpenSource (has been a while I believe)

Just to see what all that fuss used to be about

I find it's really not as bad as some Blitz-users seem to make out, I guess the rivalry was just due to the competition being so close. The IDE is very nice and featured, and being able to define icons and executable details is a handy time saver.
I doubt I have the time and energy to really dive into it and explore its potential, but initial impressions are that it's perhaps a little more "user friendly" than B3D at achieving pretty much of the same.

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Full disclosure - It was only because the DarkBasic disc never worked on my first laptop that I sought an alternative and found Blitz3D - never looked back!