Waterbomb with the red firefighter helicopter (ZX Spectrum) by Alberto Apostolo
A downloadable game
In a training session, a red firefighter helicopter must extinguish a bonfire. You have just to release the water by pressing any key. A game consists in 9 rounds. To score a point, water must fall on the vertical of the bonfire. To release the next waterbomb you have to wait the previous touches the ground.
Waterbomb runs on Sinclair ZX Spectrum and its emulators. This program was developed without GOTOs by emulators (JPP written by Arnt Gulbrandsen since the dawn of time 😊 and R80 and RSpec) running through DOSBox installed on my 64bit laptop.
I dedicate this work to Níck Shcherbyna from Lviv (Ukraine)
one of the winners in the 2021 edition.
Program description and List
Variables:
a = flag (0 for a missed bonfire, 1 for a hit bonfire)
a$ = string for musical tones
b = current round
g = flag for the game loop
r = bonfire random horizontal axis
s = score incremented by variable a
u = working variable for loops
v = working variable
w = horizontal axis of the water released by the helicopter
x = horizontal axis of the helicopter
y = vertical axis of the water bomb released by the helicopter
Lines:
10. prepare screen, data for user defined characters. Header loop on working variable u
20. loop on variable u to create UDGs, draw “moon”, plot random stars. Header loop on variable g (game), set score to zero
30. header loop on variable b (rounds). Display round and score on screen, display yellow ground at the bottom
40. calculate bonfire random axis in r, display flashing bonfire, set a = 0, set y = 0. Header loop on variable x, display helicopter
50. helicopter sound effect, if a key pressed and y = 0 then set w=x+1, set flag a. If y <> 0 then call subroutine to line 100
60. blank helicopter, end loop on x. Loop on variable u to complete the descent of the water bomb. Initializing a$ (depending on hit bonfire or not)
70. loop for sound effects stored in a$, update score, clear the bottom of the screen, end loop on b
80. special effects for the request to play again (a well-known little Speccy trick with a system variable)
90. waiting for a pressed key. If yes, the loop on g continues otherwise the program stops
100.subroutine to display the water bomb at (y,w) on screen
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Hi, I’m contacting you because I want to make a homebrew tribute USB. I’m collecting as many content creators as possible. I also want to include a profile for each one, with a few details, such as their logo, avatar, name, work completed, projects, etc., so you can see who’s behind their creations.
That profile, along with any material you allow me to upload, will be placed on a USB drive. This will act as a database of creators and their creations, and will be updated as I connect with new people.
The USB I’m thinking of creating will be one of those rubber-type USBs, shaped like a Spectrum computer, something that looks really nice. The idea is that those who contribute material, and if they want to buy one or more, will get it at cost price, and those who just want to buy one, it will cost a little more.
The idea is that if enough are sold, enough to recover the initial investment, the profits that the rest of the USBs could generate will be distributed among the people who have contributed material to the project, via transfer, PayPal, or however possible, even if possible, that the USB will be free. Obviously, you can buy more than one, but only one of them can be free.
It’s not necessary or mandatory to buy the USB, only if you like it or want it.
If you’re interested in this project, you can contact me at this email, flopping@gmail.com. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know and I’ll answer them. Do you think the idea is a good one? Would you like to participate in the project? Let me know. Best regards.
Juan.