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Adventures with the Atari Adventures W"ith the Atari Jack B. Hardy A Reston Computer Group Book Reston Publishing Company, Inc. A Prentice-Hall Company Reston, Virginia Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hardy. Jack B. Adventures with the Atari. 1. Computer games. 2. Atari computer-Programming. 1. Title. GV1469.2.H36 1984 001.64'2 83-11201 ISBN 0-8359-0172-6 © 1984 by Reston Publishing Company, Inc. A Prentice-Hall Company Reston, Virginia 22090 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any way, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publishers. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Printed in the United States of America Illustrations by Bruce Bolinger Acknow ledgment s To My wife, Karen, without whose assistance and support this book would never have been written My sons, Aaron and Jason, who helped devise some of the plots and play test the adventures Dave Simpson, for introducing me to fantasy role-playing games Frank Gazda, for sharing his knowledge of the Atari computer Evalyn Schoppet. for her help in all phases of production My friends Joe, Greg, Bill and Bob, who tolerated me during this venture. Contents PART 1 The Making of an Adventure 1 PART 2 Interactive Adventures 7 An Adventure in Atari PILOT: Blackbeard's Treasure 11 An Adventure in Atari Microsoft BASIC: Halls of Death 37 An Adventure in Atari BASIC: Mad Bomber 7S PART 3 Graphic Adventures 95 A Graphic Adventure in Atari PILOT: Escape 97 A Graphic Adventure in Atari Microsoft BASIC: The Hunter 149 A Graphic Adventure in Atari BASIC: Time Crime 173 PART 4 Creating Your Own Computer Adventure 197 ' The Creator 201 Interpreter 219 vii viii CONTENTS APPENDIX A Program Listings 239 Blackbeard's Treasure 241 Halls of Death 251 Mad Bomber 267 Escape 275 The Hunter 305 Time Crime 313 The Creator 323 Interpreter 329 APPENDIX B Useful Information 337 Character Set Manipulation 339 Functions of PEEK and POKE 341 Atari Hue Numbers and Colors 349 Keyboard Internal Codes-PEEK (764) 351 Character Set Values 353
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