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COMPUTER GAME sa GAME -- ELECTRONIC sa VIDEO GAME xx COMPUTER xx GAME xx GAME -- ELECTRONIC xx VIDEO GAME Black Friday. A computer game which provides a realistic simulation of the actual stock market. Written in BASIC for a DEC PDP-10. May require modification. Computer models for board games. How to represent two-dimensional board games as bits within various bytes in memory. Version of the Star Trek game where the objective is to destroy all of the Klingon battle cruisers within 30 stardates. Lunar Lander game written for KIM-1 system based on the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor. Othello, a new ancient game. Program listing in BASIC is given. How to implement the classic Space War game on an 8080 type system and an oscilloscope. Complete program listing included. Basic listing of the program for the game of MASTERMIND. NIMBLE, the ultimate game of NIM. Includes a BASIC language source listing. Number guessing game. Try to guess the 2 digit number which the computer is thinking of. The game of DIDDLE. Written in octal code for an Altair 8080. The JACKPOT game. Written in BASIC. Simulates a slot machine. Solving the EIGHT QUEENS problem. A BASIC program is used to solve the venerable eight Queens puzzle. Four articles dealing with the computer game called LIFE. How to develop your own version of LIFE; Discoveries made by scientists using the game in research; a one-dimensional LIFE game; and a BASIC E program for the game of LIFE. LIFE algorithms. Methods and schemes for implementing John H. Conway's game LIFE on a computer. Approaching game program design. Techniques for designing your own computer games. Use a tone generator circuit and light driver to simulate the electronic game SIMON (or SIMON SAYS) using your computer. Short and simple program (about 220 bytes) to implement the game of LIFE on an 8080 based system. Spacewar in Tiny BASIC. How an integer arithmetic BASIC can be used to write intricate programs involving trigonometric functions. QUEST, a computer game which searches for hidden treasure in caves. Written in BASIC. SPACE GAME program in Altair BASIC allows data entry without the use of a return. This increases the real-time appearance of the game. Uses the cursor control features of a video display. Solving Soma Cube and Polyomino puzzles using a microcomputer. BASIC language programs are included which solve them in reasonable lengths of time on 8K byte machines. Programming strategies in the game of REVERSI. Includes a BASIC program for playing the game of REVERSI. SPACECRAFT SIMULATOR. A BASIC program that enables the user to design and put into orbit a multistage spacecraft launched from Earth-based conditions. The national micropastime. A program written in North Star BASIC uses real statistical data to simulate the play of BASEBALL games. 8080 assembly-language program to illustrate some principles of writing ANIMATED computer games. Eighteen with a die game playing program coded for the 6800 microprocessor with a MIKBUG monitor. Landing module simulation with random surface. Uses the Motorola MEK6800 D2 kit. Can display landing of the rocket on an oscilloscope. The Towers of Hanoi. A solution using BASIC recursion. BASIC program listing for an animated slot machine which can be displayed in color on a suitable terminal. Program to cast the "I Ching" is written in BASIC for the Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. Sophisticated horse race game demonstrates the use of sequential and random access disk files. Written in North Star BASIC. (PASCAL options: Sept 1980 pg 94). Fifteen: A game of strategy (or Tic-Tac-Toe revisited). A Nim-like game written in Digital Group MaxiBASIC. Simulating human decision-making on a personal computer is illustrated by following the development of computer game programs such as "Othello". Creating a fantasy world on the 8080. Valuable tips on designing your own adventure game (such as "Castle"). Machine problem solving. Part 1. Trial-and-error search, a mechanical plan to "save the missionaries". APL functions for the game of "Life". Machine problem solving. Part 2. Directed search using cryptarithmetic. Machine problem solving. Part 3. The alpha-beta procedure. How searching for information stored in tree structures can be made more efficient. Multimachine games. More exciting computer games involve two computers and two or more players. Describes the cable arrangement and software needed to connect two PET computers. On the road to adventure. A survey of the major Adventure games and an explanation of how to play them. Zork and the future of computerized fantasy simulations is described by one of the authors of the Zork game. Pirate's Adventure game program. Written for the TRS-80 Model I computer running Level II BASIC. Lost Dutchman's Gold Adventure game is written in Applesoft BASIC and requires 24K bytes of memory and one disk drive. Will run on other systems using Microsoft BASIC. Monster combat game is written in BASIC on a KIM microcomputer and uses less than 4K bytes of memory. May be adapted to other BASIC's. KNIGHT: A Knight's Tour problem written in MMSFORTH for the TRS-80 computer. Programming the game of GO. Life after death, a version of the game of LIFE in which the cells that "die" pass on to another state of existance. BASIC program accepts an English word up to 30 letters and displays it in a jumbled (random rearranged) form. The object is to determine the original word. The game of Left/Right. Written in Apple II Integer BASIC. Adaptable to other computers. Computer Scrabble. Written in North Star BASIC for a 33K machine. Three Dee Tee computer game runs on the TRS-80 Color Computer. Loosely based on Rubik's cube and tic tac toe. Written in BASIC. Marketplace game. Test your managerial expertise in a simulated business environment. Ringquest. Game inspired by Tolkien gives you the opportunity to offer friendship to a monster and pursue your quest by less violent means. Written in BASIC. Jetset. Jet Simulator Electronic Trainer game lets you manuver an aircraft through the three stages of flight (takeoff, cruising and landing) in less than ideal conditions. Written in BASIC for the TRS-80 Model II. The game of Rat and Dragon. An animated chase game for the Apple II in which you try to earn a high score within a limited amount of time. CHARGE. Object is to direct an electron launched from the upper left corner of the field that will cause it to travel to the lower right corner. Ions along the path will attempt to divert the electron. Written in BASIC. COSMIC CONQUEST. First place winner in BYTE game contest. A space battle game written in FORTH for an Apple computer. A go board for the Macintosh. Explore the capabailities of the Mac and MacFORTH with this computerized game of "go". Rolling the dice computer program subroutine for a board game program. Program subroutine for drawing a game board outline on the video terminal. Subroutine given for both Apple II and TRS-80. How to increase your score in computer games which require that a "gun" be fired using a trigger. The techniques shown will result in higher scores than normally attainable. Minefield. A noisy TRS-80 war game uses a BASIC program and a sound generator attached to the cassette output. Est. cost: $22. Bomber game. Written in BASIC for TRS-80 Level II graphics. External switch poller (ESP) for a TRS-80 computer allows it to sense seven external switches via the cassette port. Useful in connection with electronic games which require players to push a button. Project Spaceflight. A real analog computer tests your skill at piloting LEM-type spacecraft. Mindbender. Computer game similar to "Mastermind", but written with additional features. Program written in BASIC. Gamble, a BASIC program which will help to determine the odds on a particular game or event. JACKPOT, a computer program written in Heath H-8 BASIC, simulates a slot machine. Horse race game written in TRS-80 level II BASIC. The five horses "race" across the video screen. ROCKET PILOT, an interactive game for the Apple II microcomputer. Written partly in machine language. STAR WARS, an exciting Apple II graphics game written partly in BASIC and partly in machine language. Requires 16K of memory. DEFLECTION. A video game for the quick and agile. Object is to deflect a fast moving runner and force him to run into a target. Written in 8080 assembly language. A different approach to HI-LO. Let the computer guess which number you are thinking of. In this version either the human or the computer can pick the number. Written in BASIC. Kilobaud magazine's MYSTERY program. Written in BASIC. INCREDIZING. A exciting game for 8080 systems that use a Processor Technology VDM-1 board. Requires 3 to 4K of memory and an ASCII keyboard and video display. BASIC program listing for the game of BATTLESHIP. Two players attempt to locate the coordinates of enemy ships and sink them. SWORDS AND SORCERY, a game for the SWTP 6800 computer. Written in BASIC. Update LUNAR LANDER. This short program written in BASIC will improve the landing-speed of the LUNAR-LANDER program which appeared in the May 1977 issue of Kilobaud. FOX AND HOUNDS, a fox hunting strategy game written in SWTP 8K BASIC (version 2.0). SPACE TREK game is written in Level I BASIC for the Radio-Shack TRS-80. LUCAS PUZZLE. Computerized version of the puzzle written in the 19th century by the French mathematician Edouard Lucas. The purpose is to reverse a given pattern. Programmed in BASIC. Rolling dice routine written in BASIC can be incorporated into any game that requires the roll of the dice. Madam Dupre's House of the Zodiac. A BASIC program designed to give unflattering horoscopes when a person types in his month and day of birth. SUPER MASTERMIND, a challenging two-player game of logic, deduction, and intuition. Written in SOL BASIC. STARSHIP ATTACK program for Apple II computer. TWO DIAMONDS puzzle is a one-player game similar to the Lucas Puzzle (Nov 1978). BASIC program listing including. A game of DARTS written in Tiny BASIC. A handle on programming. Tips on using arrays in writing computer games. Game of NERVES is written in BASIC. Object is to press a key after a precise amount of time passes. Score is based on how close you come. Beat the computer. BASIC program to teach BLACKJACK strategy. ARENA. A game of mortal combat for 2 to 5 players. Written in BASIC. TOUCH. Computer is given the names of all people at a party and the applicable body parts. The computer then gives commands for one person to "touch" another person's body. Written in BASIC. WARI, a version of the game "mancala", is a popular game in West Africa. Requires 2 players, 12 "cups" and 72 "peas". Written in BASIC. Computer program to tutor a gambler in correct strategy for playing Blackjack (21). Written in SWTP 8K BASIC Version 2.0. "Jigsaw puzzle" computer game for children. One player draws a simple picture on the screen and stores it in memory. Second player tries to guess what the picture is by calling up "pieces" of the puzzle. Could be used for teaching. Program for evaluating orbits of rockets and satellites in space. Written in BASIC for TRS-80 Level II. Used in programming a LEM simulation based on true parameters. Cut 'em off at the pass. Two or more players send their "dot" moving about the screen without getting "cut off" by some other players dot. Written in BASIC. UFO Defense game written in BASIC for the Apple II. "Integer choice" game written in BASIC. for the Compucolor computer. Horse race program in PET BASIC uses the animated graphics capability of the PET computer. Scramble, a word manipulation game written in BASIC for the PET computer demonstrates the utility of nested subroutines. Space race, an exciting, fast-moving color graphics game for any Apple II computer. Object is to pilot a spaceship through an asteroid belt. The Fifteen puzzle. Written in BASIC. Number-guessing game for the TRS-80 is written in BASIC. Word squeeze program written in BASIC. Fills the screen with the word and makes it appear to move left or right. Computer pingpong game written in OSI BASIC. Requires paddle controls (joysticks). Number squares game written in BASIC. Two graphics games for the OSI C1P computer: Blockade and Roadrace. Object is to "drive" racecar without crashing. Relativistic space travel program calculates the age of someone traveling long distances at near the speed of light. Classroom graphics. Part 2. Game program involving a spaceship and ground-to-air missiles provides a solid foundation in programming elementary graphics. Program for "She loves me, she loves me not..." will electronically pick the petals from the flower. Rubik's Cube simulation in Applesoft BASIC uses low-resolution graphics. Rubik's Cube simulation programs for the Z-80 computer. One version in BASIC and one in Z-80 assembly language. Color Code Combo. A computerized game similar to "Mastermind" where the opject is to break a code based on colors. BASIC programs for both TRS-80 and Apple are included. (PET version: Oct 1982 p.152) Instant Insanity, a game involving the arrangement of four color cubes. Programming this game in Pascal is a good example of computer problem-solving using structured programming techniques. Black Friday. This stock market simulation for the Commodore and Atari systems lets you hone your buying and selling skills. Rubik's Cube program in TSC BASIC. KUBE, a Rubik's Cube simulation written in Benton Harbor Extended BASIC. WOLF PACK game uses Atari player/missle graphics. Rubik's Cube simulation for the Atari computer is written in BASIC. Computerized version of the game SIMON will exercise and improve your visual and auditive memory and check your reaction speed. Written in BASIC. Music synthesizer/light show game program written in BASIC. "Doctor Dementia's House of Doom" game written in BASIC. Object is to destroy descending spikes with a phaser gun. TANK COMMANDER, a Microsoft BASIC video game for the Heath H89 computer with CP/M. LightTrace. A two-player action game similar to the archade games Blockade and Light Cycles. Written in Apple Pascal 1.1. FLIP, a CMOS game computer that will introduce some basic computer concepts. "Space Battle". An exciting visual game program for computers using a RCA COSMAC 1802 CPU equipped with an 1861 video display. TARGET. A game for the Elf computer. "Gun firing" subroutines written in BASIC for the TRS-80 and Apple II computers. BASIC subroutines to move and "fire" a computer "gun" at will. BASIC programs for keeping score or counting events. Computer simulation of the classic game "Prisoner's Dilemma" lets you explore the concept of mutual help where a player can either cooperate with opponents or try to cheat them (called defecting). Written in QBASIC. | |||||||||
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