Re: Ancient Integer game - pushing blocks around to trap robots

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Jim wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2005 14:00:32 -0700, "schmidtd@my-deja.com"
> <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >Ah, good clue.  The "More Basic Computer Games" game was "Chase":
> >http://www.atariarchives.org/morebasicgames/showpage.php?page=26
> >Maybe my memory of pushing the blocks around is faulty...
>
> I remember such a game on the TRS-80.    The block you pushed around
> was yourself, and the object was just to keep away from the robots by
> moving your block around using the arrow keys.   Making them collide
> with each would indeed kill both of them.
>
> The one I had was indeed typed in from a magazine, perhaps Creative
> Computing?

I have an old favorite version of this game, from 99'er Magazine for
the TI, called Robochase. I still play it, and recently modified it.
Changed the robots to Daleks, and added some speech ("Exterminate!",
etc.)

This version has ten robots, and on level 4, introduces "Spunky the
Martian" (or Davros for the Dalek version) who randomly moves around
stomping barriers and robots alike. You get extra points for capturing
him. You have teleportation charges that you can acquire on the screen
that will move you randomly about. You can move only in 4 directions -
they can move diagonally as well.

I still need to stomp a bug where Spunky can leave the bounds of the
playfield and cause an error when he tries to go off the screen...

Thinking of making a "wrapper" for the program to allow themed games,
besides the Daleks, that will load specific characters and speech for
the games.

Ben