Editing MSX BASIC (section)

{{Short description|Programming language dialect}}
{{Infobox programming language
|name = MSX BASIC
|logo =
|paradigm = [[imperative programming|imperative]]
|year = {{Start date and age|1983}}
|designer = 
|developer = [[Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]]
|latest_release_version = 4.1
|latest_release_date = 
|typing = 
|implementations = 
|dialects = 
|influenced_by = [[GW-BASIC]]
|influenced = [[Vilnius BASIC]]
|operating_system = Optional; Any suitable OS is O.K.
|license = [[Microsoft|MS]]-[[EULA]]
|website = {{url|www.microsoft.com}}
}}
'''MSX BASIC''' is a dialect of the [[BASIC programming language]]. It is an extended version of [[Microsoft]]'s [[MBASIC]] Version 4.5, adding support for graphic, music, and various peripherals attached to [[MSX]] [[microcomputer]]s. Generally, MSX BASIC is designed to follow [[GW-BASIC]], released the same year for [[IBM PC]]s and clones.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue56/107_1_MSX_IS_COMING.php |title=MSX Is Coming - Part II: Inside MSX |author=Tom R. Halfhill |magazine=Compute! |accessdate=2010-10-31 |date=January 1985}}</ref> During the creation of MSX BASIC, effort was made to make the system flexible and expandable.