This disk contains a collection
of commercial arcade games, written in machine code for speed. It's
interesting to see how game writers tried to jazz up the graphics
in later 1982-83 games. This often led to a cluttered and ugly screen
which detracted from the gameplay.
Name
(and filename)
|
Description |
What
to type at the dos prompt |
Clash (clash/cmd) |
Fantasy jousting. The graphics are really pushing
the boundaries so a lot of imagination is needed! By Bill Dunlevy
(1983). |
clash |
Convoy (convoy/cmd) |
Protect the convoy from air attack. By Philip
Mackenzie and Jeff Sorenson. Published by Trend Software (1983). |
convoy |
Cosmic
Fighter (cosmic/cmd) |
A variation on Space Invaders. By Bill Hogue and
Jeff Konyu (1980). |
cosmic |
Olympic Decathlon (decath/cmd)
|
Test your skill at many field events. By Timothy
W. Smith (1981). |
decath |
Gauntlet (gauntlt/cmd) |
Kill Aliens on a grid. Similar to Big Five's Attack
Force. By Kyle Hoyt and Brock Alston (1983). Features a tune
produced by Cornsoft's Microchord. It's about as good as music
gets on these machines. |
gauntlt |
Sneak Thief (sneak/cmd) |
Kill or capture thieves and associates. By Soft
Sector Marketing (1982). |
sneak |
Super Nova 1.2 (nova/cmd) |
Variation on the classic game "astroids".
By Bill Hogue, Big Five Software (1980). Not so good as their
other efforts IMO. |
nova |
Outhouse (outhouse/cmd) |
Stop aliens stealing all the toilet paper (yes, it's true!)
By J. Weever Jr. Soft Sector Marketing (1982). |
outhouse |
The Wild West (wildwest/cmd) |
Yee-ha! Hold up the train and steal the money. By C.J. Abrahams
(1982). |
wildwest |
Fury (fury/cmd) |
A space shooting game similar to Nova to some extent. By Doug
Frayer (1982). |
fury |
Galaxy Invasion (galaxy/cmd) |
Big Five's answer to Space Invaders. By Bill Hogue and Jeff
Konyu. Big Five Software (1980). |
galaxy |
Panik (panik/cmd) |
Kind of like Donkey Kong, but with a space theme.
By William Demas. Fantastic Software (1982) |
panik |
