Re: Cassette games

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Eric writes ...
> 
> I have managed to transfer some game images to disk, then using "SAVE"
> command to write to cassette tape.
> 
> I tried playing back the tape using "LOAD" and "RUN" command. It works!
> 
> However, only worked for those small games written in basic.
> 
> I have no original cassette tape games, so I wonder how those games are
> loaded and (auto?)ran?
> 

     A lot of games on cassette are Applesoft BASIC programs. Some are fairly
large programs. 

     Games could also be in binary. You would use the monitor "R"ead command to
load those kinds of files. In the monitor (with the "*" prompt) you would enter
the range of memory to load into followed by "R"-- e.g. 1000.1FFFR. To write a
range of memory to tape you would enter the range of memory followed by "W".

     Having to keep track of a binary file's memory range makes binary storage
kind of inconvenient.


Rubywand