Retrocomputing Asked on November 10, 2021
Poking about in early issues of Dr Dobbs’ Journal (the journal of the People’s Computer Company, or PCC) I came across a listing for BASIC games available on tape. Many of these are widespread, but a number I have not heard of and Google is not helping. Does anyone have listings for:
I have a book of printed BASIC computer games I got on eBay by David H. Ahl. I bought this for nostalgic purposes and for actually running on my homemade Z80 computer running BASIC. I had this book as a kid and it was my introduction to programming, a lifelong pursuit and career...
I think Ahl published two books, a yellow one and a red one. Look on Amazon or eBay for used volumes.
Answered by TomServo on November 10, 2021
The page has a hint that the games are listed in What to Do After you Hit Return.
Trader is Star Trader, as listed starting on page 143
Crash is a modified version of Lunar Lander, listed on page 151.
While typing in the code would be a chore, maybe searching for comment strings will turn up the full source.
Answered by scruss on November 10, 2021
I stumbled across another good source. When I had my Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I and was in college, I used to subscribe to SoftSide Magazine which published games for Radio Shack, Atari, and Apple computers. This link goes directly to an issue I was searching for because I played the game on the cover so much that I ported it to my Commodore 64, and later to the IBM PC.
Answered by Bill Hileman on November 10, 2021
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