Commodore 64 Fun and Games

196 Pages·1984·19.5 MB·English

by  Ron Jeffries

i\ Osborne/McGraw-Hill
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COMMODORE 64
FUN AND GAMES
Ron Jeffries
Glen Fisher
Brian Sawyer
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Berkeley, California
COMMODORE 64
FUN AND GAMES
Ron Jeffries
Glen Fisher
Brian Sawyer
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Berkeley, California
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Contents
INTRODUCTION v YAHTZEE 75
TINY-1 1 Ifyouthinkrollingfivedicetocomeupwiththe
samenumberiseasy,perhapsyoushouldtrythis
TINY-2 2
game.
TINY-3 3 LEAP 81
TINY-4 5 Removepegsonebyonesimplybyleapingover
TINY-5 7 them,buttrytoend upwithjustonepeg.
BOX 85
EachTinyisa shortprogramthatdisplaysdif
ferentpatternsandcolors onyourscreen. Shootraysintoaboxtodiscoverhiddenatoms.
ROADHOG 9 LAWN 91
Test your driving skill ^along a narrow and Mowasuburbanlawnfromthecomfortofyour
crooked road. chair,butyoumustfinishbeforerunningoutof
PIANO 12 gas.
KALAH 95
Performcatchymelodieswithascreenkeyboard
playingalong. Sow pebbles into your kalah and you'll be a
BETS 17 winner.
BONZO 102
Try to outbet three opponents in this unusual
cardgame. Racetothetop,butwatchtheobstaclesthatare
SAFE 23 thrownin.
BJACK 107
Canyouburglarizeasafebeforebeingcaughtby
the law? Dealanotherhand becausethisimaginarycard
BOSWAIN 31 gameallowsyouallthemoneyyoucanspend.
Payattentiontothisguy'shandsbecausehehas FIRE 114
ahungryeye onyours. Theinfernohasstartedandonlyyoucanprevent
HANOI 38 totaldisaster.
Figure out how to move the golden disks that ZAP 119
some Asian priests have been moving for Maneuver your "zapper"around an arena and
centuries. scorepointsby"zapping"youropponents.
MISER 43 EVEREST 123
Riskyourlifetryingtodiscoverhiddentreasure Theharshelementsoftheworld'stallestmoun
inahaunted mansion. tainhinderyourtrektothepeak.
MAD 53 REVERSI 129
The C-64createsinterestingstoriesfromwords Thegamemaybeasoldastimeitself,butjusttry
thatyousupply. todefeatthe C-64withstrategyandguile.
GODZILLA 58 BOP 136
Oneofthe world'smostfamousmonsters is on If you think counting on your fingers is old-
therampageagain. fashioned,trycountingthis way.
RATRUN 69 SPOT 143
Wanderthroughamazefroma"rat'seye"view Youonlyneedfoursquaresinarowtowin,but
insearchofcheese. thefunishowyouplacethesquares.
DOTS 147 PIEGRAM 169
Youmayhavethoughtyouhadplayedeveryone Look out because an invisible C-64 is flinging
inthisgame,butyouhaven'tliveduntilyouplay piesyourway.
theC-64.
BAT 174
CAPTURE 152
Youareabatandyouareveryhungry;unfortu
Twobeastschaseyouandtrytodevouryouwhile nately,youhaveafewhandicapshinderingyour
youtrytocapturethem. eatinghabits.
DIVE 157 RESCUE 178
Youcommanddiverstoretrievesunkentreasure. Yourmissionisto rescue comrades onanalien
STOP 163 planet while attackers try to thwart your
Trytocapture 3 outof 11 columns onaboard operation.
beforeyouropponentdoes.
INTRODUCTION
Commodore 64 Fun and Games provides you torememberwhatthelargeset ofgraphiccharacters
with complete listings for 35 programs writ means. The notation used in this book indicates
tenspecificallyforthe Commodore64home which keys to press when you type in the program.
computer. (NOTE: These programs do not work on Look at Table 1 if you want to see what graphic
the Commodore VIC 20 or the Commodore PET.) character the C-64 will display when you type the
The programs use the special features the C-64 appropriate key.
offers, such as color, sound, sprites, and character The key to entering programs successfully from
graphics. All ofthe programs are written inBASIC, this book oflistings is to be careful. We've included
butyoudon'tneedtobe aprogrammertoplaythese severalshortprogramscalledTINY-1throughTINY-5
games. All you need to do is enter them from the to help you get started. The best way to learn the
listings provided. notationused inthis bookis to trytypingseveral of
these TINY programs.
Ifyou hurry while typing in a program, you may
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
later discover that the program doesn't work when
A complete listing is provided for each program. you try to run it.When this happens, you'll have to
Youtypethe programintoyourcomputerexactlyas compareeachlineyoutypedagainstthelistinginthe
it is listedinthebookandthenplay. Instructions on book. You'llquicklydiscoverthatslowingdownand
howto playeachgameare givenintheintroduction carefully entering the program will take much less
to each program. time than "debugging" a program that was entered
Whenever you enter a program, be sure to save it incorrectly.
on cassette or diskette before you try to run it. If
you've made a typing mistake that causes your C-64
The Listings
to "lock up," you will be able to load the program
from cassette or diskette and correct the error. This Most oftenyouwilltypeexactlywhatisprintedin
method ofsaving a program before running it may the listings. When you see the curly braces ("{"and
save you hours ofretyping. "}")>youknowthatweareusingourspecialnotation,
which will be explained below. Otherwise, type
exactlywhat is shown inthe listing, with oneexcep
HOW TO READ THE LISTINGS
tion. Itis oftenimportantthatyoutypeinaspecified
Most ofthe programs use C-64specialcharacters number of blank spaces. If a blank space is impor
andfunctions, suchascolorkeys, reversevideo, cur tant, wewillshowitasthecaret("A ") whichis nota
sorcontrol, andcharactergraphics. Weuse our own character on the C-64. Here is an example:
specialnotationintheprogramlistingstomakethem
easier to read. Before you enter any ofthe listings,
takeafewminutestobecomefamiliarwiththe nota FISHER"
tion. Althoughit maylookstrange atfirst, once you
learn the notation you will be able to type in the In this line from the PIANO program, there are
programs correctly. eight blanks that are required. Since these blanks
Wedo not use listings produced byaCommodore must be entered, they are represented by the caret
printerforagoodreason:it'sdifficulttotypelengthy symbol.
C-64programsthatusegraphicswhenworkingfrom InC-64BASIC,blanksarenotalwaysrequiredina
C-64producedlistings.TheCommodoreprinteruses program statement. Sometimes you use blanks to
graphic symbols for the special functions, such as maketheprogrameasiertoread. We'veshownthese
cursormovementorchangingcolors.Whenyoutype "optional" blanks as actual blanks in the listings.
inaprogramfromaC-64producedlisting,youhave Although the programs will work even if you leave
VI COMMODORE64FUNANDGAMES
Table 1. Notation Used for Program Listings
Key(s) to Screen Key(s)to Screen
Listed: Press: Graphics: Listed: Press: Graphics:
{home} HOME {blu} COMMODORE7
{clr} SHIFTCLR COMMODORE8
{up} SHIFTCRSR UP {rvs-on} CTRL9
{down} CRSRDOWN {rvs-off} CTRLO
{left} SHIFTCRSR LEFT {pi} SHIFT t
{right} CRSRRIGHT {space} SPACE BAR
{inst} SHIFTINST {shift space} SHIFTSPACEBAR
{blk} CTRL1 {A} SHIFTA
{wht} CTRL2 {B} SHIFTB
{red} CTRL3 {C} SHIFTC
{cyn} CTRL4 {D} SHIFTD
{pur} CTRL5 {E} SHIFTE
CTRL6 {F} SHIFTF
{blu} CTRL7 {G} SHIFTG
{yel} CTRL8 {H} SHIFTH
{blk} COMMODORE 1 {1} SHIFTI
{wht} COMMODORE2 {J} SHIFTJ
{red} COMMODORE3 {K} SHIFTK
COMMODORE4 {L} SHIFTL
{EMI} COMMODORE5 {M} SHIFTM
{gm} COMMODORE6 {N} SHIFTN
INTRODUCTION Vll
Table1. Notation Used for Program Listings (continued)
Key(s)to Screen Key(s) to Screen
Listed: Press: Graphics: Listed: Press: Graphics:
{O} SHIFTO COMMODOREJ
SHIFTP COMMODOREK
{Ql SHIFTQ COMMODOREL
SHIFTR COMMODORE M
{S} SHIFTS {N} COMMODOREN
{T} SHIFTT {Q} COMMODOREO
SHIFTU COMMODOREP
{V} SHIFTV (Q) COMMODOREQ
{W} SHIFTW COMMODORER
{X} SHIFTX {.a COMMODORES
SHIFTY {1} COMMODORET
SHIFTZ {11} COMMODOREU
{A} COMMODOREA {V} COMMODOREV
{B} COMMODOREB {W} COMMODOREW
COMMODOREC {X} COMMODOREX
COMMODORED COMMODOREY
COMMODOREE m COMMODOREZ
COMMODOREF SHIFT+
COMMODOREG COMMODORE+
COMMODOREH SHIFT-
{1} COMMODOREI 1=} COMMODORE-
Vlll COMMODORE64FUNANDGAMES
Table 1. Notation Used for Program Listings (continued)
Key(s)to Screen Key(s) to Screen
Listed: Press: Graphics: Listed: Press: Graphics:
{*} SHIFT* COMMODORE\
COMMODORE* SHIFT®
(M SHIFT\ COMMODORE@
outtheoptionalblanks,westronglyrecommendthat Table 1, youwillhold downthe SHIFT keyand press
you use them. theCLR key. Areverse-video heartgraphiccharacter
To makethe programlistings conformtothefor will appear on the screen.
mat ofthis book, we"folded"longstatement lines at It is usefulto notice thatthe keys we have named,
a convenient place on the line and continued the such as {clr}, are all printed in lowercase letters.
statement on the next line. When you type the pro When capital letters appear within the braces, they
gramin,youshouldignorewherewehave"wrapped" always represent graphic characters produced with
the line around and just keep typing. When long either the SHIFT or the COMMODORE key. Since the
statement lines are continued, they are aligned with keys we have named are all printed in lowercase,
the rest ofthetext. Sincethe screen ofthe C-64is40 there isn't any possibility of confusion between
columns wide, the longer lines ofthe programs will names of keys and the same set of keys used to
look different on your screen than they do in the produce graphics.
book.
Anotherminorpointabouttheselistingsisthatwe
Cursor MovementKeys
show the line numbers aligned to the right, rather
than the left as they will appear on the C-64 screen. Toindicatecursormovementkeysthatareentered
This wasdoneto makethelistingslookmoreattrac in strings, weuse{home},{clr}',{up},{down},{left},
tive and easier to type in. and{right}. The"insertcharacter"functionisshown
asfinst}.
Special Notation
Color Keys and Reverse-Video
Everythinginsidecurlybraces ("{"and "}") is our
specialnotationthattellsyou whichkeys topress on As you know, the C-64 can display 16 colors.
theC-64keyboard.Therearethreetypesofkeysthat Abbreviations for eight ofthe colors are printed on
will appear within the braces: keys that move the the front of the number keys. To produce these
cursor,keysthatcontrolcolor,andkeysthatproduce colors, you hold down the CTRL key and press the
C-64 graphic symbols. number,key with the name of the color you want.
There are several keys that we've given special Witheach listing, we showthese firsteightcolorsby
names. For example, we use{home} to mean "press printingthenameofthecoloronthefrontofthekey:
theHOMEkey."Thisistheeasiestpartofthenotation {blk}, {wht}, {red}, {cyn}, {pur}, {grn}, {blu}, and
to learn, since all you need to know is what we've {yel}. These colors are names for the keys, just as
decided to call the various keys. Table 1 has three {down} is the name for the cursor-down key.
differentheadings: whatwillappearinourlisting,the The remaining eight colors, whose names are not
actual key you need to press, and a picture of the printedontheC-64keycaps,areshownastheunder
graphic character that will appear on the screen. linednames ofthe colors which are on the keycaps.
Whenyouneed toentera"clearscreen"code ina When you see an underlined color name, it means
program,wewillshow{clr} inthelisting. Asshownin "hold downtheCOMMODORE keyand press the key