Trivia
The name is derived from the company ("GFA Systemtechnik GmbH", in Kiel and Düsseldorf), which distributed the software. GFA is an acronym for "Gesellschaft für Automatisierung" i.e. "Company for Automatization".
In a time before scanners and online help, some editions of the GFA manual came printed black on red paper, in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid photocopying and bootlegging. The manual returned to the usual black on white after complaints from "colour blind" users and the proliferation of re-typed copies on the internet.
GFA Basic was widely used to quickly create editors by game developers. For example, Éric Chahi wrote a game editor in GFA basic to create his game Another World, including scene design and game scripting; only the game engine (polygon rendering and music) was done in assembler. This editor was used to make all ports of the game, including console ones and the collector edition for Windows released in 2006. Similarly, Karsten Köper of Thalion software wrote all the basic game editing software for the "Amberstar" series using GFA Basic.
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