Re: New Apple I (or 1) game. Codebreaker!

["Marc S. Ressl" <mressl@gmail.com>]

On Nov 23, 6:23 pm, Egan Ford <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had a bit of time last night so I thought I'd finally get around to
> playing with OpenEmulator and cc65 and see what I could do.  The
> result was a game call Codebreaker!  It's a Mastermind ripoff.  I
> didn't want to reuse the name since it already exists for the Apple
> 1.  However, IMHO, mine is better.  :-)
>
> I posted a video of the AWESOME OpenEmulator loading and playing the
> game here:
>
> http://user.xmission.com/~egan/OpenEmulatorCodebreaker.mov
>
> The code is mostly C with some ASM.  I had to use ASM to track elapsed
> time (cycle counting) and to generate a random seed.  Time is tracked
> internally in 59 cycle increments.  The timer is invoked anytime the
> game prompts for input.  This provides enough randomness to extract
> the initial seed.
>
> There are two modes, Novice and Pro.  Novice is based on the original
> Mastermind, where Pro is based on Super Mastermind.
>
> The monitor and audio formatted binary can be had here.  Use the video
> for load instructions.
>
> http://user.xmission.com/~egan/codebreaker.aifhttp://user.xmission.com/~egan/codebreaker.mon
>
> BTW, you'll a 16K Apple 1.  However, if pushed I can create 8K and 4K
> versions.  A 4K version would not have embedded instructions.  Or, you
> can just solder in an extra 16K yourself.  If you are running BASIC on
> your Apple 1, then you probably already have a 16K version.
>
> I'll be tweaking the code a bit from time to time and will eventually
> post it, but if you want it now, just send me an email.  I do plan on
> writing an article or perhaps a video blog on how I used cc65 to
> create Codebreaker! and how I was able to translate the binary into a
> cassette sound file for easy loading.
>
> Apple 1 forever!!!

*blush* :-D