Defender (Tandy MC10) by Jim Gerrie
A downloadable game
DEFENDER - PUR 80
You'll notice in line 8 the GOTO has no line number. I'm taking advantage of the fact that if no line number is provided then Basic assumes line 0, which is the line I want it to go to. This keeps me under the 72 character limit.
Lines 1-3 are the ASCII characters in strings for the city. These characters are from the different block characters in the Motorola MC6847 character set, values 128-255.
Line 0 sets random starting points for the incoming missiles.
Lines 4-5 peek the keyboard input buffer so I can get continuous input in 8 directions using the AWSZ keys. If you hold down two at a time, you can get diagonal motion.
Key Input:
AW W WS \ | / A + W / | \ AZ Z SZ
Lines 6-9 move the targeting cursor and the missiles. Line 9 also has the restart instructions for the end of the game.
Status | Released |
Author | BASIC 10Liner |
Genre | Action |
Tags | 8-Bit, basic, basic10liner, mc10, tandy, trs80 |
Install instructions
The game can be played at my website using Mike Tinnes TRS-80 MC-10 Javascript emulator:
http://faculty.cbu.ca/jgerrie/MC10/
Just select the DEFENDER.C10 provided in this zip file, and the type RUN in the main screen and hit <Enter>. Type list to see some instructions listed at the end as REM statements.
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