![]() ![]() The other program I tried out was the Game of Life, always a fascinating trip. But it required an odd change to the DIMensioning of the variables on both the TRS-80 Level II emulator and the Color Computer Extended BASIC emulator that I have and even then, while it produced output, it was not a maze but rather a zig-zagging hallway. The maze program worked great on the two modern BASIC implementations I tested them in, the Color Maximite and Chipmunk BASIC on macOS. There are rudimentary conversion notes, but they didn’t cover the problems I ran into. The games are written in Microsoft BASIC, specifically for the Altair 8080-which did not, in its basic configuration, even have a screen. The first game I tried was a maze creator it printed out a maze, and then you manually found your way through the maze-something that makes most sense if the maze were printed onto paper. The updated version for home microcomputers hasn’t completely lost the origins in print-oriented output. #CHIPMUNK BASIC GAME HOW TO#That was a somewhat organic compilation: the back of the book included instructions on how to submit games to the book. This is a variation on Ahl’s semi-anonymous 101 BASIC Computer Games from Digital Equipment Corporation, 1973 or so. ![]() #CHIPMUNK BASIC GAME SOFTWARE#Obviously, the fastest way to have some software debugged is to put it into the hands of many thousands of users. The first game I tried was a maze creator it I finally found a copy in a box of some obsolete computer equipment I inherited from someone else. I missed this book for years, strangely having held onto the second edition which wasn't popular. ![]() In any case many of these games served a basis for what was to come for years to follow. We all ran BASIC and for the most part "equivalent" computer systems.Ī few of us diverged and programmed in assembly, creating a new industry and forever destroying the equality that came before. There has never been a time when creativity permeated the computer industry as when the era when these books were printed. No explanation of this book is necessary!Įither you had it, (loved it or despised it) or you don't know what it is. A few of us diverged and programmed in assembly, creating a new industry and foreve I guess you had to be there. We all ran BASIC and for the most part "equivalent" computer systems. Well okay I'll say this- There has never been a time when creativity permeated the computer industry as when the era when these books were printed. No explanation of this book is necessary! Either you had it, (loved it or despised it) or you don't know what it is. ![]()
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