Tenbirmam (Atari 8-Bit) by Vitoco
A downloadable game
Tenbirmam
(c) 2026 by Victor Parada
https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/TENBIRMA/
Chop the wood and avoid the branches. How many chops could you do?
Game written for NOMAM's BASIC 10-liners Contest 2026.
Requires:
- Atari XL/XE (or emulator)
- Atari builtin BASIC ROM
- A joystick controller
Game instructions:
- Press the trigger to start the timer.
- Move to the left or the right to chop wood.
- Avoid the branches. They trap you against the ground and the game ends.
- The game lasts at most 75 seconds, then the path will be blocked by two branches.
- Press the trigger to play again.
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Install instructions
Load instructions:
- Boot TENBIRMA.ATR disk with BASIC enabled (without [OPTION] key).
- For PAL computers, type RUN "D:TENBIRMA.BAS" and press RETURN key.
- For NTSC computers, type RUN "D:TENBIRMN.BAS" and press RETURN key.
- Type RUN to run the game.
- Play the game using a joystick.
- Press the trigger to play again.
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I love this game so much! Very impressed that it uses stock BASIC on the Atari for such fluid gameplay. And the graphics are a perfect homage to the smartphone original. Hope @Vitoco doesn't mind, but I couldn't resist trying to port this to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (of course!). I've managed to create two versions - a classic PUR-80 implementation that works on all Spectrums (with red tree trunks and yellow flesh), and a PUR-120 version that works on modern Spectrums with ULAplus (such as the ZXUno, ZX Spectrum Next or Retro Games Ltd 'The Spectrum') to give you brown tree trunks and human-coloured skin! Controls are 'o' and 'p', with 'm' to restart the game. Timer doesn't start until you make your first chop. https://github.com/marvbloke/BASIC10Liners/tree/main/Extras/ZX%20Timberman
Come on you C64 and MSX devs - let’s see ports for your systems too!
281 chops in 75 seconds! Amazing graphics and gameplay for 80 chars!
Really good