Re: Bad DOS 3.3 master (was Re: Need Pong for Apple 2)

[Phil the anti-spam RADIKUL EXTERMIST! <nolemurz@bouncer.earthlink.net>]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:52:06 GMT, after hours of intense interrogation,
CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca (Jeff Blakeney) finally admitted that:

>On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:36:14 -0500, Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net> wrote:
>
>>There is another disk that came with the IIe called "Sample
>>Programs" on which you will find "Brick Out", which may or may
>>not be the same as "Little Brick Out", I'm not sure.
>
>Little Brick Out was just Brick Out without all the comments removed
>if I remember correctly.  Little Brick Out used less disk space and
>therefore loaded quicker so I remember using it when I could.  At
>least until faster DOS 3.3 compatible operating systems came out.  :)

I remember a Brick Out that was maybe 40% REM statements, but it was more
than Little Brick Out was. In Brick Out you could change the colors of the
bricks - two different colors, alternating as usual. Plus you could select
the size of the paddle, with smaller paddles increasing the points awarded
for the bricks. I think it also had the option of using the keyboard
instead of the paddle.

I've looked through just about every collection of games and stuff, mostly
from Asimov, and haven't come across this version of Brick Out anywhere.
IIRC, the full program including REMs was 110 or so sectors.

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