The next program in my games past series is actually a set of three programs presented in Basic Computer Games. They are Lunar, Lem and Rocket. They are different versions of the same game. The object of these games is…
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Animal, Observations
I have couple of observations about the animal program. It is fairly short, about 70 lines. It was designed to be used with the caps lock on (or only upper case input). To clean up this version I will need to either…
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Animal Debugged
I finished debugging to the book. It was asking the “Is it a ” question, but displaying the question for the animal instead of the animal name. It took a while before I found the problem. In line 190, I…
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Games Past, Animal
I’ve decided to try to recover some of the games from my past. These games were written in basic and I’ll be using AppleSoft. David Ahl’s Basic Computer Games was published in several different editions. The first I saw was…
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LambChops on the Apple //c
I moved Lampchops to my Apple //c today. When I tried to boot the first diskette I got scattered characters over the screen. I tried to reboot it and got the same results. I went back to ADTPro and moved…
After THE Weekend
So the big black Friday weekend is over and things slow down a little. I have a bit of time for the Daily Apple. I checked out csa2 and there is some commentary added to the announcement of Lamb Chops,…
An Embarrassment of Riches
Back in the mid 80’s when I bought my Apple //c, all things Apple came at fairly high price for someone like me who was on a tight budget. No we suffer from an embarrassment of riches when it comes…
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Roundup
I’ve spent the last week listening to some old podcasts and playing old games. The podcasts have a treasure trove of information, some I will have to listen to a second time just to get it all. From first hand…
Lemonade
Some of my earliest memories of games that I played on computers involved a simple business simulation called Lemonade or Lemonade Stand. The object is to sell lemonade and make a profit. The first computer I ever used, PDP 11/70…
Games and TV
Have you ever sat down t watch TV and can’t find any thing you want to see right now? Sometimes I have that happen with the computer. Tonight, I wanted to play a game on my Apple //c. I’m more…
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