Re: Help with identifying an old Apple II BASIC program - HAMMURABI

[tarkus7@my-dejanews.com]

The game is indeed called "Hammurabi", which was a game that you were
governing the ancient city of Sumaria for a 10-year period.  It is in
the book "Basic Computer Games", Micocomputer Edition, by David Ahl.
Published by Creative Computing Press out of Morristown, NJ.
I have the book.........if you give me your fax number or address
I can fax/mail you a copy.  Send me an E-mail off line, if you are
interested.  Any use for my old APPLE IIC, complete with color monitor,
software, Imagewriter II printer, loads of software, and about 8 of
these old basic programming books?  Make me a good offer!

Tarkus7

n article <6shjoh$7gc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  gipper98@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> OK, brace yourself, this is a longshot ....
>
> Way back in the 80s, I had an apple IIc.  Sadly, I let it and my collection
> of apple2 stuff get away from me several years ago.  Recently, no doubt
> inspired by nostalgic memories of my youth, I have been trying to track down
> some of the stuff I used to have.  As those of you who were into computers
> back in the eighties will recall, many computer books and magazines printed
> programs which you could key in yourself and run.  Well, I have for several
> months now been thinking about this one game in particular that I used to
> play, and was hoping that someone might remember it and perhaps guide me to
> where I could get a copy of it or the book it came in.
>
> The game, as best I recall, was called "Politician."  It was a
> Hammurabi-style game in which you were responsible for managing a small
> town's budget -- most of the decisions were whether to spend money for
> certain items, such as improving the library.  Your rival, as I recall, was
> the town dogcatcher -- if you screwed up badly enough you would wind up with
> his job.  A very succesful tour, and I think you could go to the Bahamas.
>
> I believe the program was one of several in a book, whose title completly
> escapes me.  My feeling is that it was a book of generic basic programs (i.e.
> type in and run on apple2/c64/tsr80 with small modifications), but i'm not
> sure about this at all.  I'm almost positive that it was a book and not from
> a magazine, but it has been a long time.  That's about all I can remember.
>
> If anyone out there could point me to an archive with a copy of the program,
> tell me what the book that contained the listing was, or give me any other
> information I would be most appreciative.  (Heck, if you can just tell me
> that you vaguely remember the same thing that would at least tell me I'm not
> just making this all up).  If someone out there has a copy of the book with
> the program listing in it, and would be willing to part with it for a few
> (and I do mean a few) dollars, that would be great as well.
>
> Feel free to email, and
> Thanks!
>
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