Re: High Rise

[platkus@iunet (Shawn Platkus)]

Wayne Gretzky (mspaeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
> In article <2pguct$a98@sahara.cs.utexas.edu>,
> Fred William Peterson <fredp@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >On comp.binaries.apple2,
> >charlesc@pro-haven.cts.com (Charles Claypoole) writes:
> >>                It is a arcade style game that puts you against a robot as
> >>you attempt to escape off of a "High Rise".   <- moves left  [SPACE] stops 
> >>                                              -> moves right
> >>                To get on the elevator, you must get in the very middle of
> >>the shaft and stop, other wise you'll miss it..  Give it a try.
> >
> >Isn't this from Nibble?  I didn't think that programs from Nibble were
> >now public domain.  Has the status changed since the magazine folded?
> >Is MicroSPARC, Inc. still around to prosecute?  

> Actually I think that was COMPUTE magazine... They still exist, but I doubt
> they really care :)  Anyone have a copy of "Laser Chess" ?

I remember that magazine.  I do have a copy of Laser Chess somewhere.  It
is a really cool game, but it requires two players, and I could never get
anyone to play it with me... oh well...


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-Shawn
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