Spectrum Computing

Super slow but: 10 LET a$="Loading "+CHR$ 34+"ChuckieEgg"+CHR$ 34+" Please Wait" 20 FOR i=1 TO LEN a$: LET q=15360+8* CODE a$(i): LET e=0: LET t=0: FOR k=0 TO 1: LET q=q+4*k: FOR b=0 TO 3: LET d=PEEK (q+b): LET n=0: LET m=d: FOR f=0 TO 5: IF m>=192 THEN LET n=1: LET f=5...

I like the look. Can you explain the algorithm? Is there some sort of clever adaptive function going on, rather than simply expanding a specific list of rows within each character? As it is doubling on the y-axis the algorithm plots the first byte as per the ROM, and then for the 2nd line (the doub...

Sabre something... it'll come to me

9D OVERTAKE
14D HANGMAN
20A NAVY MOVES

Nothing wrong with some VIC-20 love.
(You might want to post this in the "VIC-20 software releases of 2022" thread on the denial forums.)

43A UFO

5D OXO
35A CHOPPER MISSION

Correct!
(It's a precursor to Prince of Persia so it's not exactly unknown... however it looks like it was only ported to the Spectrum in Spain )

Not those either.

Not any kind of vehicle related game.
I'll post another image tonight (I'm in the US...) if no one gets it before then.

It's not that, no.

It's not a penguin... it's a head

Zoom out...

Not a "Moves"

Nope...

Shark Attack

Interesting how both games are similar mechanics - Q/A to move up and down on the left side of the screen and intercept things coming from the right.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:05 pm Collect the item UNDER the conveyor. Never walk on the conveyor - it will usually end badly.

Ahh, I think that's the secret I missed! Thanks!

Yep this. I'm still amazed by the amount of vision and brainpower spunked into a computer game so young. I don't know how much is time, place or genetics, but I can't help but feel that no matter what field Matt chose, he would have set it alight. Yeah, it's hard to find something wrong with this g...

There's no way I'll ever finish this game legally. It took me 40 tries to get past the warehouse. The other levels were pretty easy with some practice, but for some reason that warehouse just keeps killing me.

How about “Dr Moo”, an unauthorized All Creatures Great And Small tie-in?

I may have to write a sequel to The Half Ashes (2013).
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... Half_Ashes

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:51 pm Anyway, here it is. Now try it with a different maze and see what you get.

Wow, impressive! Now give with the tips Dave.

Yikes, sorry to hear this. Good luck tomorrow!