something fun, something nastaligic to look at!

[xra7en]

so I was bored - Im not big on holidays. so dug out some old David Ahl games, and found a couple nice old ones (dukem was one). And As I started, I forgot how spaeghetti it was. OMG!

So gonna see if i can modernize some of that code and make it more structured - I used to think the goto x wasnt that bad. until I got into OOP (php), and wow, boing, boing boing..LOST!
Challenge? Take one of those monster codes and see if you can modernize it.
I was gonna start on this, and boy did I get lost, gonna need to see if i can print it. and draw a maze with a sharpie LOL

Yes this is, I think, the original Star Trader(I thought I was the only hermit that had a few of these mags laying around)
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/09/102661095/102661095-05-v2-games-acc.pdf


this is a little better, but just as sloppy
https://www.atariarchives.org/bigcomputergames/showpage.php?page=57

both these and other older programs get messy when it comes to accessing the data with lots of restores and loops, and all the unessasary goto's  - some of the gosubs were old

so I wimped out, and redoing a modern style star trek (remember that? of course you do), cept this has the following changes

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1. '//============================================================================
2. '//--- https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=157
3. '//---
4. '//--- MY CHANGES TO THE GAME INVOLVES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL
5. '//---      o Every quadrant has 1 - 5 enemmies -RNG
6. '//---          x Quadrant can only be cleared if the leader (randomly appears
7. '//---            after 10 enemies are killed (.02% chance of showing.
8. '//---      o There are now 5 - 20 planets that can be explored for materials
9. '//---      o A void (unnammed entity) is "nulifiying the universe
10. '//---          x To destroy it, a speacial machine is needed to be "crafted"
11. '//---          x These materials are found on planets surfaces
12. '//============================================================================

I COULD call it something else, but I will be using the main core of the super star trek code as a guide

[blametroi]

Now that's a fun blast from the past. I had some of the Ahl books. No idea where they ended up :(

[xra7en]

They were my teachers from Coco iii, to today!!! Best way to learn to program

[xra7en]

Here is a work-in-progress.... (when are they not right? LOL)

As you can see there are some sleight changes.. (massive changes behind the scenes)

like, dislike, suggestions, comments?

[blametroi]

They were my teachers from Coco iii, to today!!! Best way to learn to program

The 8-bit system I spent the most time with was the various incarnations of the CoCo. Great machine.

[xra7en]

They were my teachers from Coco iii, to today!!! Best way to learn to program

The 8-bit system I spent the most time with was the various incarnations of the CoCo. Great machine.

although I never kept up with the language - the Timex Sinclair 1K version, I was able to write a breakout game using only assembly language.
You programed the whole thing in  a single line held in the REM statement. then used a launcher program to execute the REM and that was a very fast breakout game!!
Wish I would have stayed with the Assembly language.
And CoCo III had an OS (purchased separately) don't remember at the moment, but I think it was called OS9???? I think? No?

[xra7en]

 I think I have this in the wrong thread LOL. Mod?
halluuuuu?

ok I suppose I better ad some pix

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[blametroi]

And CoCo III had an OS (purchased separately) don't remember at the moment, but I think it was called OS9???? I think? No?

OS 9, if you look for retro communities there is a rather active one for the CoCo and OS 9 has been recreated. It was pretty cool.