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Surfshooter
- Name: Surfshooter
- Author: Brian Picchi
- Description: An action game with surfers and lasers. Joystick recomended.
- Platform: Apple II
- Tools used: Ciderpress, Einstein Compiler, Notepad
Penguino
- Name: Penguino
- Author: Jim Gerrie
- Description: Help Penguino to collect eggs and squash Snow-Bees in this action packed maze game.
- Platform: Radio Shack TRS-80 MC-10 with 16KB RAM expansion.
- Tools used: Virtual MC10 v0.73C emulator by Emucompboy
Tandy CoCo & Dragon version:
- Name: Penguino
- Author: Jim & Charlie Gerrie
- Description: Help Penguino to collect eggs and squash Snow-Bees in this action packed maze game.
- Platform: Tandy CoCo 2/3 – Dragon 32/64
- Tools used: Virtual Color Computer for Windows by Joseph Forgione – MS WordPad – Real Tandy Colour Computer 2 and 3
The Doctor’s Adventure on Scaro
- Name: The Doctor’s Adventure on Scaro
- Authors: Jim Gerrie (code), Charlie Gerrie (music)
- Description: Help the Doctor retrieve the 12 Infinity Device pieces in this multiscreen maze game.
- Platform: Radio Shack TRS-80 MC-10 with 16KB RAM expansion.
- Tools used: Real TRS-80 MC-10,Virtual MC10 v0.73C emulator by Emucompboy
Tandy CoCo & Dragon version:
- Name: The Doctor’s Adventure on Scaro
- Authors: Jim Gerrie (code), Charlie Gerrie (music)
- Description: Help the Doctor retrieve the 12 Infinity Device pieces in this multiscreen maze game.
- Platform: Tandy Coco 2/3 – Dragon 32/64
- Tools used: Virtual Color Computer for Windows by Joseph Forgione – MS WordPad – Real Tandy Colour Computer 2 and 3
A Romp in the Garden
- Name: A Romp in the Garden
- Author: Jim Gerrie
- Description: A “digger”-like game using ASCII text graphics.
- Platform: TRS-80 MC-10 with 16KB RAM expansion.
- Tools used: TRS-80 MC-10,Virtual MC10 v0.73C emulator por Emucompboy
Tandy CoCo & Dragon version:
- Name: A Romp in the Garden
- Author: Jim & Charlie Gerrie
- Platform: Tandy Coco 2/3 – Dragon 32/64
- Description: A “digger”-like game using ASCII text graphics.
- Tools used: Virtual Color Computer for Windows by Joseph Forgione – MS WordPad – Real Tandy Colour Computer 2 and 3
The Deadly Orbs
- Name: The Deadly Orbs
- Author: Brian Picchi
- Description: An original action game where you control a knight and do battle against deadly orb-shaped aliens.
- Platform: Apple II (joystick optional)
- Tools used: Ciderpress, Einstein Compiler, Notepad
Battle Bots
- Name: Battle Bots
- Author: Jim Gerrie
- Platform: Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 with 16KB RAM expansion.
- Description: A RobotWar like game
- Tools used: Real TRS-80 MC-10, Virtual MC10 v0.73C emulator by Emucompboy
Tandy CoCo & Dragon version:
- Name: Battle Bots
- Author: Jim & Charlie Gerrie
- Platform: Tandy Coco2/3 – Dragon 32/64
- Description: A RobotWar like game
- Tools used: Virtual Color Computer for Windows by Joseph Forgione – MS WordPad – Real Tandy Colour Computer 2 and 3
Double Deadly Orbs
- Title: Double Deadly Orbs
- Author: Brian Picchi
- Descriptión: An action platform game with double high res graphics.
- Platform: Apple II
- Tools used: Ciderpress, Notepad, Dazzle Draw, DoubleVision, Apple Mechanic
Dungeon Crawl
- Name: Dungeon Crawl
- Author: Jim Gerrie
- Platform: Tandy TRS-80 MC-10
- Description: A first person 3-D dungeon crawler
- Tools used: Real TRS-80 MC-10 – Virtual MC10 v0.73C emulator by Emucompboy – MS WordPad
Tandy CoCo & Dragon version:
- Name: Dungeon Crawl
- Author: Jim & Charlie Gerrie
- Platform: Tandy Coco 2/3 – Dragon 32/64
- Description: A first person 3-D dungeon crawler
- Tools used: Virtual Color Computer for Windows by Joseph Forgione – MS WordPad – Real Tandy Colour Computer 2 and 3
Ahorcado 64
- Name: Ahorcado 64
- Author: Christian Santamaría
- Platform: Commodore 64
- Description: The classic game know by everybody whit several categories to choose from.
- Tools used: Built in BASIC.
Memotest
- Name: Memotest
- Author: Alakran
- Descripction: Memotest (Concentration or Pairs) for lightpen or joystick, 40 cards, single difficulty.
- Platform: Commodore 64 (disc), joystick or lightpen.
- Tools used: CBMPRGStudio, Austro Compiler, Masters’ Design Group Packer & Linker, VICE, Timanthes
BRIDGE RACER (1KB)
- Name: BRIDGE RACER (1kb)
- Author: tomaes
- Platform: Commodore 64 (disco) + joystick
- Description: A “fully featured” game in Commodore Basic v2, in less than 20 lines of code, taking less than 1kb of Basic RAM.
- Tools used: CBM Program Studio, VICE, DirMaster
Simon Crazy
- Name: Simon Crazy
- Author: Christian Santamaría
- Platform: Commodore 64
- Description: BASIC version of the classic color sequence memory game.
- Herramientas utilizadas: Built-in BASIC.
La venganza del fantasma
- Name: La venganza del fantasma
- Author: marcosjl
- Platform: Commodore 64 + Joystick
- Description: Pac-Man mini-clone
- Tools used: WinVICE
Mark Attack
- Name: Mark Attack
- Author: Christian Santamaría
- Platform: Commodore 64
- Description: You must help the robot miner to pick diamonds, avoid falling in the the pits and escape the monsters.
- Tools used: Commodore 64, WinVICE, CBMPrgStudio
Splink
- Name: Splink
- Author: Gary Green
- Platform: MSX
- Description: The aim of this game is to guide your 4 symbols to their matching targets as quickly as possible, whilst avoiding the deadly skulls. Use keys 1234 to move each symbol (each symbol moves in a different direction to each other one). Use 0 to stop movement.
- Tools used: BlueMSX
Curso Interactivo de Plomería Ficticia
- Name: Curso interactivo de Plomeria Ficticia
- Author: marcosjl
- Platform: Commodore 64 ( + joystick)
- Description: Place the randomly appearing pipe sections and assemble into a continuos pipe that connects the spigot with the drain before it is too late.
- Tools used: WinVICE
El extraño caso de la lombriz que se alimentaba de simbolos ASCII y los perturbadores efectos que este alimento tenia sobre su crecimiento
- Name: El extraño caso de la lombriz que se alimentaba de símbolos ASCII y los perturbadores efectos que este alimento tenía sobre su crecimiento
- Author: marcosjl
- Platform: Commodore 64 (+joystick)
- Description: With Joystick 2 we can reconstruct the life of this disturbing being that is still putting in check the entire scientific community. The program is written in 8 lines of BASIC for the simple reason that it was not possible to make it smaller. Note that the 2 hours spent on its development were took off a day of work in which the developer had to finish another project much more urgent, but when the need arises to write a C64 game in BASIC, that urge is impossible to stop .
- Tools used: WinVICE
REC
- Name: REC
- Author: DamianWorf
- Platform: MSX
- Description: This game tests our ability to memorize a sequence of colors and sounds. You can play alone, leveling up, or against an opponent. To play, look closely at the sequence of colors of your opponent. When the computer tells it’s your turn, you must repeat the sequence shown using the cursor keys for each color. If there are two players, each will add a new key after completing the sequence performed by the last!. Best of luck!
- Tools used: BlueMSX
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Deadly Orbs and the Double Deadly Orbs is a pretty cool game. Looks like something I would play back in the 80s. Good times.
Brings back memories from the 1980s.
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