catto@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (Erin S Catto) (05/19/91)
Joust 1.0, a CHIP48 game by Zoom:
Hoorah! Hoorah! Here it is, the latest CHIP48 game; my rendition
of the arcade game Joust. Both ->ASC and UUENCODE versions are attached.
You can get ASC-> (an HP48sx program by Bill Wickes) by anonymous ftp
at seq.uncwil.edu (Wayne Scott's Mailserver archive,
path: hp48/util/ascii.encode.Z (set ftp to binary, use UNCOMPRESS in UNIX).
A PC based version of UUDECODE is available on the HPBBS in the
user.programs conference.
CHIP48v2.25 and documentation is available at seq.uncwil.edu
path: hp48/chip8/chip-48.Z (binary)
The Game:
1) Download the file and use ASC-> on the string.
2) The result of step 1 is taken as an argument by
CHIP, this runs the game.
3) Check out the title screen then press 0 to play.
4) The keys are:
0 = Down
9 = Left
/ = Right
5) The blank dots in the bottom left corner indicate
the number of players left, not including the current
player. Sorry, no bonus guys. Maybe in the future.
6) At the score screen press 0 to replay, else press drop
to exit to the stack.
If you feel the game is slow, then wait until you get to level 7!
The levels roll over at #Fh, I think. I haven't gotten that far!
Therefore there maybe unseen bugs.
The game is novel. I'm not sure of its lasting qualities.
However, it was a good exercise in CHIP programming. Which
reminds me:
- I claim no rights, its just a game. Anyway, what could I do?
Send the cops after you? On the other hand, please send me
email for comments, questions, bugs. On bugs, try to give
plenty of detail. Debugging these games is a nightmare, but
its a challenge I enjoy (contradiction?).
my email address: catto@ecn.purdue.edu
You can post on comp.sys.handhelds, but I only view once or
twice a week.
CREDITS:
1) Andreas Gustafsson for his excellent interpreter, CHIP48v2.25.
2) Gilles Kohl for his AS48 CHIP assembler.
I haven't tried to run Joust on SuperCHIP. If I have enough energy I
will convert Joust to take advantage of the extended graphics.
On Source Code:
I will eventually post source code in AS48, soon if requested. I will
archive it at seq.uncwil.edu and the HPBBS along with Joust.
However, I am more interested in posting some CHIP48 programming notes
to generate more interest in actually writing these games. This is the
fifth game posted since CHIP's release, how many assemblers? Assemblers
are great and Joust wouldn't have been possible without one, but I think
people must have difficulty programming in CHIP48 (it wasn't a cinch for
me). Sooooo, I will try to help with some programming notes.
Enjoy!
Zoom->
The real question: Should I by a Smith Corona card?
Joust string: Bytes: 1426
Checksum: #87F2h
->ASC version:
------------------------fold, lick, then tear-------------------------------
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-------one foot on one side, the other on the other, spread your feet-----------
UUENCODED version
-----------------------the great divide-----------------------------------------
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---------------Above is Heaven, below is Hell--------------------akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) (05/23/91)
Erin, I would love to try programming in CHIP, I think there is a lot of
potential in it for good, (read as fast) arcade games, especially with
the introduction of Erik's SuperCHIP. However, I have virtually no
documentation on the CHIP language and I no longer have access to a FTP
site. I woud appreciate it greatly if you could post up some docs on
programming in CHIP, since it is very hard to program if you don't know
what the commands are. Also, I Have an assembler for CHIP, but could you
also post up your favorite assembler for the HP. Thanks,
---Falcoakcs.spacecadet@hpcvbbs.UUCP (David Cho) (05/29/91)
ditto falco... -choman (checkout the time)