FujiNet Battleship! (Atari 8-Bit) by Eric Carr
A downloadable game
FujiNet BATTLESHIP! - BASIC 10Liner Contest 2025
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Author: Eric Carr
Language: FastBasic 4.7
Platform: Atari 8-bit XL/XE
Category: EXTREM-256
Video:
Requirements:
- 2 Atari 8-bit XL/XE computers with Joysticks
- A FujiNet attached to each computer
Emulator:
- Altirra + FujiNet-PC running on a computer
About FujiNet Battleship
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Battleship is fun, tactical guessing game, but it is difficult for two people to play each other on the same screen.
So, I am submitting a game designed to be played on two Ataris connected to the same local Wifi network via FujiNet.
In the real world, a game client would connect to an internet server, but I wanted to keep this 10-liner completely self contained, so it acts as both host and client.
Enjoy, and may the best captain win!
Gameplay
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1. Ship Setup - Each player uses their joystick to position their ships, pressing fire to accept the position. They may press space to rotate as desired.
2. Game Loop - Players alternate turns of choosing a location to attack with joystick/fire button.
3. Winning - The first player to first sink their opposing player's 5 ships wins!
Tools Used
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- FujiNet Device & FujiNet-PC Build of firmware w/ Python connector
- FastBasic 4.7 Cross Compiler - Compile BASIC to XEX
https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/releases/tag/v4.7
- Visual Studio Code - Editing the .BAS file
https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- FastBasic Debugger for VSCode Extension (I wrote it to help debug FastBasic)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger
- Atari FontMaker - Defining chars as block sprites
http://matosimi.websupport.sk/atari/atari-fontmaker/
- Altirra
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Install instructions
Starting the game
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1. Start the game by booting BSHIP.ATR or BSHIP.XEX
2. As a convenience, you can also boot FujiNet config and mount: ec.tnfs.io/10-LINER/BSHIP.XEX
Emulator note - as this game technically needs TWO Atari+FujiNet systems, one can setup their computer to emulate two Altirra+FujiNet-PC instances by following this guide:
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki/Run-FujiNet-with-Altirra-fo...
Connecting two systems
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Assuming the game is running on two systems:
1. System 1 -> Simply press RETURN. The game will listen on port 8888 on the displayed IP, waiting for a connection.
2. System 2 -> Type the IP displayed on system 1, and press RETURN. It will join and start a new game.
Comments
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The game doesn´t charge in atari atr even xe
Did you hold down Option when booting, and are you saying it will not load? What version of Atari do you have?
very good