Basic:Development Environments

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Free Development Environments

FreeBasic 
Multi-platform open-source Basic compiler. Compatibility with QBasic/QuickBASIC, can use almost all languages libraries, including C and C++.
Basic4gl 
Windows interpreter/compiler using the opengl 1.1 library for graphic display.
XBlite 
A fast, cross-platform 32/64-bit native machine code basic compiler.
sdlBasic 
Multi-platform open-source ANSI-Basic interpreter using SDL libraries
wxBasic 
Multi-platform open-source ANSI-Basic interpreter using wxWidgets libraries
Just BASIC 
A free Windows BASIC with a built-in sprite animation engine
Emergence Basic 
A basic ide and compiler for windows. Built in DirectX 2D/ 3D commands. Free download, but must pay for updates and support.

Commercial Development Environments

Amos 
An ANSI-Basic interpreter coded on AmigaOS. This interpreter is based on StOS (on AtariST)
DarkBasic 
A Windows-only IDE that uses DirectX libraries. Easiest of the pack.
BlitzBasic 
BlitzBasic - an ANSI-Basic interpreter; first appeared on AmigaOS
PlayBasic 
A currently Windows Based interpreter focusing upon 2D & 3D (DirectX) game creation.
PureBasic 
Multi-platform , compiler , inline ASM; first appeared on AmigaOS
RealBasic 
RealBasic - a cross-platform (mac, windows and linux) gui-based ANSI-Basic compiler, first appeared for MacOS 7.1 (classic)
Liberty BASIC 
Liberty BASIC - an easy Windows BASIC that has a built-in sprite animation engine
Run BASIC 
Run BASIC - A web application server that is programmable in BASIC

For the complete list of basic dialects, BASIC-like alternative compilers is a great resource.