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[Jbizzel]

the Currah Microspeech speech springs in to life, reaching it's climax quickly, and sounding like a sack of dead batteries being thrown from the 9th floor stairwell of a long abandoned Le Corbusier tower block.

Seriously, this is my finest review work.

Actually I'd never tired the Currah Microspeech before, so this was interesting.

@Inky inkspector emulates it nicely.

[+3code]

I have a project, my "Super Advanced Fishing Simulator", but it's so nebulous as project and so "super advanced" that not sure if it will arrive to the Compo, I'll see.

[Jbizzel]

I have a project, my "Super Advanced Fishing Simulator", but it's so nebulous as project and so "super advanced" that not sure if it will arrive to the Compo, I'll see.

Ohh, I'm thinking legend of the river king for the zx spectrum.

Magical. Here's the link for inspiration. I believe in you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... ideo_games

[+3code]

I believe in you.

The future of the World is now in your hands.

[firelord]

Talking about the future...
I asked chatGPT this:

Can you make a small adventure game in BASIC for the ZX Spectrum?

In the next code I only replaced END with STOP.
100% quality game!

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10 PRINT "THE ADVENTURE"
20 PRINT "--------------"
30 PRINT
40 PRINT "You find yourself in a mysterious"
50 PRINT "room. There are two doors in front"
60 PRINT "of you. Which door will you choose?"
70 PRINT
80 PRINT "1. Left door"
90 PRINT "2. Right door"
100 PRINT
110 INPUT "Your choice: "; C
120 IF C = 1 THEN GO SUB 200
130 IF C = 2 THEN GO SUB 300
140 PRINT "Invalid choice. Try again."
150 GO TO 70
200 PRINT "You open the left door and enter"
210 PRINT "a dark hallway. Suddenly, a trapdoor"
220 PRINT "opens beneath your feet and you fall"
230 PRINT "into a bottomless pit. Game over!"
240 GO TO 400
300 PRINT "You open the right door and find"
310 PRINT "a treasure chest filled with gold!"
320 PRINT "Congratulations, you win the game!"
330 GO TO 400
400 PRINT
410 PRINT "Do you want to play again? (Y/N)"
420 INPUT ""; A$
430 IF A$ = "Y" THEN GO TO 10
440 PRINT "Thank you for playing!"
450 STOP

[firelord]

Talking about the future...
I asked chatGPT this:



In the next code I only replaced END with STOP.
100% quality game!

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10 PRINT "THE ADVENTURE"
20 PRINT "--------------"
30 PRINT
40 PRINT "You find yourself in a mysterious"
50 PRINT "room. There are two doors in front"
60 PRINT "of you. Which door will you choose?"
70 PRINT
80 PRINT "1. Left door"
90 PRINT "2. Right door"
100 PRINT
110 INPUT "Your choice: "; C
120 IF C = 1 THEN GO SUB 200
130 IF C = 2 THEN GO SUB 300
140 PRINT "Invalid choice. Try again."
150 GO TO 70
200 PRINT "You open the left door and enter"
210 PRINT "a dark hallway. Suddenly, a trapdoor"
220 PRINT "opens beneath your feet and you fall"
230 PRINT "into a bottomless pit. Game over!"
240 GO TO 400
300 PRINT "You open the right door and find"
310 PRINT "a treasure chest filled with gold!"
320 PRINT "Congratulations, you win the game!"
330 GO TO 400
400 PRINT
410 PRINT "Do you want to play again? (Y/N)"
420 INPUT ""; A$
430 IF A$ = "Y" THEN GO TO 10
440 PRINT "Thank you for playing!"
450 STOP

=========
Next attempt:

Can you make a game compilation of 5 games in one listing for ZX Spectrum BASIC? The first screen should be a menu to select game 1 to 5. When a game ends it will return you to the first selection menu.

Result:

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10 PRINT "GAME COMPILATION"
20 PRINT "1. Game 1"
30 PRINT "2. Game 2"
40 PRINT "3. Game 3"
50 PRINT "4. Game 4"
60 PRINT "5. Game 5"
70 PRINT "0. Quit"
80 PRINT "Enter your choice:"
90 INPUT choice

100 IF choice = 1 THEN GOTO 200
110 IF choice = 2 THEN GOTO 300
120 IF choice = 3 THEN GOTO 400
130 IF choice = 4 THEN GOTO 500
140 IF choice = 5 THEN GOTO 600
150 IF choice = 0 THEN GOTO 1000
160 PRINT "Invalid choice. Try again."
170 GOTO 80

200 REM Game 1
210 PRINT "Welcome to Game 1!"
220 ' Your Game 1 code here
230 PRINT "Game 1 ended."
240 GOTO 10

300 REM Game 2
310 PRINT "Welcome to Game 2!"
320 ' Your Game 2 code here
330 PRINT "Game 2 ended."
340 GOTO 10

400 REM Game 3
410 PRINT "Welcome to Game 3!"
420 ' Your Game 3 code here
430 PRINT "Game 3 ended."
440 GOTO 10

500 REM Game 4
510 PRINT "Welcome to Game 4!"
520 ' Your Game 4 code here
530 PRINT "Game 4 ended."
540 GOTO 10

600 REM Game 5
610 PRINT "Welcome to Game 5!"
620 ' Your Game 5 code here
630 PRINT "Game 5 ended."
640 GOTO 10

1000 PRINT "Thank you for playing! Goodbye."

In this updated version, each game has its own logic:

Game 1: The player increases their score by pressing any key, except 'Q' to quit.
Game 2: The player tries to guess a number between 1 and 10.
Game 3: The player moves left and right to avoid falling objects.
Game 4: The player tries to guess a number between 1 and 100.
Game 5: The player has three attempts to guess a number between 1 and 10.
Feel free to modify the games or add your own logic as needed.

Then :

Can you rewrite the above code and replace the placeholder code with the actual game logic for each game. The games should be simple.

I added :

line 250 shows error

Then it showed the next ( I only corrected wrong numbering in game 3 and added

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565 GOTO 530

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10 PRINT "GAME COMPILATION"
20 PRINT "1. Game 1"
30 PRINT "2. Game 2"
40 PRINT "3. Game 3"
50 PRINT "4. Game 4"
60 PRINT "5. Game 5"
70 PRINT "0. Quit"
80 PRINT "Enter your choice:"
90 INPUT choice
100 IF choice = 1 THEN GOTO 200
110 IF choice = 2 THEN GOTO 300
120 IF choice = 3 THEN GOTO 400
130 IF choice = 4 THEN GOTO 500
140 IF choice = 5 THEN GOTO 600
150 IF choice = 0 THEN GOTO 1000
160 PRINT "Invalid choice. Try again."
170 GOTO 80
200 REM Game 1
210 PRINT "Welcome to Game 1!"
220 LET score = 0
230 PRINT "Instructions: Press any key to increase the score. Press 'Q' to quit."
240 PRINT "Score: "; score
250 LET k$ = INKEY$
260 IF k$ = "Q" THEN GOTO 10
270 LET score = score + 1
280 PRINT "Score: "; score
290 GOTO 240
300 REM Game 2
310 PRINT "Welcome to Game 2!"
320 PRINT "Instructions: Guess a number between 1 and 10."
330 LET number = INT(RND * 10) + 1
340 INPUT "Enter your guess: ", guess
350 IF guess = number THEN GOTO 380
360 PRINT "Wrong guess. Try again."
370 GOTO 340
380 PRINT "Congratulations! You guessed it."
390 GOTO 10
400 REM Game 3
410 PRINT "Welcome to Game 3!"
420 PRINT "Instructions: Avoid the falling objects by moving left and right."
430 LET score = 0
440 LET position = 5
450 PRINT "Score: "; score
460 PRINT "Position: "; position
470 LET k$ = INKEY$
472 IF k$ = "5" THEN GOTO 10
474 IF k$ = "6" THEN LET position = position + 1
476 IF k$ = "4" THEN LET position = position - 1
478 IF position < 1 THEN LET position = 1
480 IF position > 10 THEN LET position = 10
482 LET score = score + 1
484 PRINT "Score: "; score
486 PRINT "Position: "; position
490 GOTO 470
500 REM Game 4
510 PRINT "Welcome to Game 4!"
520 LET number = INT(RND * 100) + 1
530 INPUT "Instructions: Guess a number between 1 and 100: ", guess
540 IF guess = number THEN GOTO 570
550 IF guess < number THEN PRINT "Try a higher number."
560 IF guess > number THEN PRINT "Try a lower number."
565 GOTO 530
570 PRINT "Congratulations! You guessed it."
580 GOTO 10
600 REM Game 5
610 PRINT "Welcome to Game 5!"
620 LET number = INT(RND * 10) + 1
630 PRINT "Instructions: Guess a number between 1 and 10."
640 FOR a = 1 TO 3
650 INPUT "Enter your guess: ", guess
660 IF guess = number THEN GOTO 690
670 PRINT "Wrong guess. Try again."
680 NEXT a
690 PRINT "Game Over. The number was: "; number
700 GOTO 10
1000 PRINT "Thank you for playing! Goodbye."

Why I'm posting this here?
In the future I predict the CSSCGC will be run by AI developers...
We will lose our jobs!
In RetroGamer mag it will have the pictures of Rasberry Pi 8 instead of us

[+3code]

The future of the World is now in your hands.

The future of the World is in your hands since last friday.

[Jbizzel]

The future of the World is in your hands since last friday.

Received. Review in progress. No AI, only a fleshy soul carrying out review.

Many thanks for submitting

[TMD2003]

Anyone playing during the final round of the PGA?

Just as the BBC commentators are discussing the merits of Bryson DeChambeau's ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR signing-on fee for LIV Golf, Michael Block has just done the above screenshot on the 15th. Not bad for someone who's closer to 50 than 40 and has made the cut at a major for the first time. Well done my son!

Much rarer in real life, though, is an albatross. There have been 18 in the entire 163-year history of major golf championships. Just in the development stage for this game, I had two.

[Jbizzel]

@TMD2003 Funnily enough - I am playing it again. I've even updated the review with a few extra screenshots and some additional text.

Great programme!

[Jbizzel]

https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/05/s ... 3code.html

Reviewed!!

@+3code

[+3code]

https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/05/s ... 3code.html

Reviewed!!

@+3code

Tnks . I should have pointed somewhere it's an upgrade of my previous 2021 Crap Compo entriesn

[Jbizzel]

Ah, send me a link and I'll add it to the review

Also,

https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/05/a ... ysoft.html

I made it to the stupid ice cavern.

[+3code]

https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2 ... ew047.html

https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2 ... ew059.html

[Jbizzel]

thanks, added!!

[R-Tape]

I made it to the stupid ice cavern.

I've given up there. Probably. I can't passed the wide spikes on the middle part of that level!

[R-Tape]

https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/05/s ... 3code.html

Well if the pope's on board then count me in!

...I was hoping for a nice little roach, but I seem to get a 20 ton whale and a mermaid in my local river

[flatduckrecords]

The future of the World is now in your hands.

This game exists at exactly the lagrange point between anxiety and relaxation. Masterful stuff @+3code

[uglifruit]

This game exists at exactly the lagrange point between anxiety and relaxation. Masterful stuff @+3code

"Lagrange point" ... That's a term I've not heard since my degree. Excellent work.

[Daveysloan]

Ah, send me a link and I'll add it to the review

Also,

https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/05/a ... ysoft.html

I made it to the stupid ice cavern.

That's a great effort. And again, apologies.

[Jbizzel]

@Daveysloan

What makes it so hard is that the ice makes you move, but when you jump you stop moving on the X axis. But if you press left or right while on the ice is doubles your speed.

So ridiculous and constant pinpoint accuracy is needed.

It could be make a little easier imho and it would still provide a high degree of challenge.

For example, if you kept moving on the x axis when you jump - which would make sense as it is what happens in real life!

Otherwise the long jump wouldn't be a thing in sport.

[Jbizzel]

It's that time when I put the call out.

Anyone feeling the urge to mush?

Something for the QL perhaps??

I showed my 9yo son a C5

He thought it was the coolest thing ever. I could not believe his reaction. Lol

Then I told him the spectrum dude made it 40 years ago and lost all his money on it.

He simply couldn't believe it wouldn't be successful.



A text adventure where you are Sinclair developing the C5?

A agd top down adventure based on the QL architecture?

A chase hq style racer but in c5s??


Anyway, is that inspiration?

Probably not

[firelord]

Reading this post : viewtopic.php?p=118603 I thought you could add a challenge of making an adventure port of an arcade game.
This has nothing to do with the fact that I already submitted one entry in this challenge and my next entry will also be an challenge entry...

You can also add a trilogy challenge : submit game that belong to a trilogy (this also has nothing to do with the fact that the Adventures of COOKIE man and Aventures of Robbie PSSST belong to a prequel trilogy!

Also, I would suggest to give a price to the person/company that proposes the best Challenge ideas for the contest -especially the ones that their username begns with an "F" and ends with a "d"......

Btw, I wanted to say that In PSSST (the real adventures of Robbie PSSST) I had implemented a coordinate system to move to each level just like you move in PSSST but I thought it might make the game more difficult (as I understand even without movement the game was extremely difficult for you -maybe cause of my bad use of english...) . I will release a version with coordinate system as a v2 update I guess -probably only in itch.io or github .

[Jbizzel]

@firelord looking forward to anything you enter. I may go back and revisit you earlier game if it's part of a set.

I don't think my review did the first game justice.

It probably doesn't help that I never played the games its based on either.

As for prizes I have been investigating that.

So far what I've come up with it pretty crap! Secret though.

[firelord]

@firelord looking forward to anything you enter. I may go back and revisit you earlier game if it's part of a set.

Pssst was the second part. The first part was Adventures of Real Cookie Man (entered in the previous contest).

It probably doesn't help that I never played the games its based on either.

PSSST,COOKIE,Jetpac , Chequered Flag, Flight Simulator ,Psion Reversi and Chess were the games the first games I played (it was in the tape that came with my spectrum).
I believe that every spectrum owner that haven't played Jet Pac , Pssst and Cookie should be publically whipped , filmed on video and uploaded in youtube! Pssst and Cookie had very easy to use keyboard controls and many who have played them later became famous piano players (https://www.youtube.com/embed/A5e4yArMcuU)!