README.md

CPCBasic Apps Collection (Games)

CPCBasicApps is a collection of CPC BASIC apps. They can be run on a Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128, in an emulator or with CPCBasic or CPCBasicTS.

Links: Source code, HTML Readme,

Some Games Highlights

3dfour - 3D-Four In A Row (TODO) {#3dfour}

(c) Dudley Brooke, 1987

3heaps - 3 Heaps (3 Haufen) {#3heaps}

(c) Jens Uwe Timm, 1985

3times1 - 3 Times 1 (3 mal 1) {#3times1}

(c) Jens Uwe Timm, 1985

artwar - Art War {#artwar}

(c) Sakis Kaffesakis, 2021

assess - Assessment (Idiotentest) {#assess}

(c) Marco Vieth, 198x

atombu - Atombunker {#atombu}

(c) Marco Vieth, 1986

atomed - Atombunker Editor {#atomed}

(c) Marco Vieth, 1986

Additional files:

• atombu0.dat - Map file
• atombu1.dat
• atombu2.dat

ballcra - Ball Cracker {#ballcra}

(c)

balloon - Balloon {#balloon}

(c)

basgame2 - BASIC Game 2 {#basgame2}

(c) Roald (Mr.Lou) Strauss

Unfinished BASIC game 2.

bigprice - Big Price (Der Grosse Preis) {#bigprice}

(c)

budrumi - Budrumi {#budrumi}

(c) Sakis Kaffesakis, 2021

canyons - Canyons of Cannons {#canyons}

(c) Ingo Pax, 1985

cardrive - Car Drive (Autofahren) {#cardrive}

(c)

cards - Card Games {#cards}

(c)

Some card games: Blackjack ("17 und 4") and Memory.

castle - Castle Crystal {#castle}

(c) Frak Eilts

catch - Catch {#catch}

(c) PC Amstrad International, 1990

cityland - Citylander {#cityland}

(c) Jujstronic Software, 1985

The tune Fuer Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven can also be played separately.

clearpa - Clear Path {#clearpa}

(c) Peter Goode, 1984

A lander clone from The Amstrad Program Book by Peter Goode, improved by Im Wald.

clumsy - Clumsy Control {#clumsy}

(c) ?

connect4 - Connect 4 (Tower: 4 Gewinnt) {#connect4}

(c) O. Zabel

copter - Copter Patrol {#copter}

(c) Christian Moeller, 1985

canabalt - CPCanabalt {#canabalt}

(c) Logiker, 2019

From the BASIC 10-Liner Contest 2019.

crib - Crib (Cribbage v1) {#crib}

(c)

cribbage - Cribbage (v2) {#cribbage}

(c) Nick Herrick, 1986

dambust - Dambusters {#dambust}

(c) Paul Stanley, 1984

dihunt - Diamond Hunt {#dihunt}

(c) Shaun Walton, 1992

duel - Duel {#duel}

(c) Bernhard Morell

dungeons - Dungeons (8 Bit Dungeons) {#dungeons}

(c) JNL, 2019

emperor - Emperor (Kaiser) {#emperor}

(c)

To select an action during the game, use joystick or numpad numbers.

engelber - Engelbert {#engelber}

(c) John Kennedy, 1984

garfunkl - Garfunkel {#garfunkl}

(c) Roland Bendig, 1987

goldrush - Goldrush (Goldrausch) {#goldrush}

(c) Jörg Walkowiak, 1984

hopper - Hopper (Hüpfer) {#hopper}

(c) Marco Vieth, 1986

(c) Marco Vieth, 1986

inka - Inka Sogra {#inka}

(c) F. Meurer

jackpot - Jack-Pot {#jackpot}

(c) Jean-François SEHAN, 1985

joker - Black Joker (Der Schwarze Joker) {#joker}

(c) Marco Vieth

kalaha - Kalaha {#kalaha}

(c) Eugen Schuelter

klondike - Klondike {#klondike}

(c)

lander - Lander {#lander}

(c) Georg Huonker, 1985

lenin - Lenin (Battle of Leningrad) {#lenin}

(c) Sakis Kaffesakis, 2022

maze - Maze {#maze}

(c) Joerg Heise

mchess - Mini Chess {#mchess}

(c) Matthias Uphoff, 1986

Additional file with learned positions: mchess.dat. German Documentation can be found at Software Experiment 6.

painty - Painty {#painty}

(c) ?

patience - Patience: The Card Game {#patience}

(c) Clive Blackmore

points - Points {#points}

(c)

preside - President (Praesident) {#preside}

(c)

roguedes - Rogue Descender {#roguedes}

(c) Graham Briggs

BASIC 10-liner.

scolor - Shielding Color {#scolor}

(c) Antonio "acorpascuenca" Corpas Cuenca, 2019

From the BASIC 10-Liner Contest 2019.

shot - Shot Game (Textual) {#shot}

smaze - Super Maze {#smaze}

(c) Computrex Software Ltd., 1989

smily - Smily {#smily}

(c) Medi-Software, 1985

Pac Man Clone

solitair - Solitair {#solitair}

(c) Uwe Ganter, 1985

solita2 - Solitair 2 {#solita2}

(c) Philip Jimenez, 1984

spacera - Space Race {#spacera}

(c) Peter Pekarek, 1986

spaceba - Space Base {#spaceba}

(c) Robin Nixon, 1986

• You are the captain of Earth's first space base in the asteroid belt.
• Your station acts as a base for mining ships to re-fuel and their crews to rest.
• However, hostile alien craft from the Andromeda galaxy are also mining the belt and will stop at nothing to prevent any competition from Earth.
• Your task is to defend the base from attack.
• Use Z and X to control your lazer and press ENTER to fire.

spacewar - Space War {#spacewar}

(c) Daniel Flower

Minimalistic fun!

stardodg - Stardodger {#stardodg}

(c) Stewart C. Russell

Minimalistic fun! You really need the SPACE key only.

Check 2D Star Dodge flies again! on Stewart C. Russell's blog.

states - States of the Earth {#states}

(c) Marco Vieth, 1988

Additional files:

• statesfx - States of the Earth (Data)

sultan - Sultan's Maze {#sultan}

(c) Gem Software, 1984

On a real CPC, the game is rather slow, so I never played it. With CPCBasic it has a good speed now.

sunburst - Sunburst Contamination {#sunburst}

(c)

swamp - Swamp {#swamp}

(c) David Muir

• Your job is to destroy the eggs of giant frogs in the swamp. You move using cursor keys or joystick. You destroy the spawn by standing on it.
• You have to avoid the two frogs. If they catch you then you will lose one of your five lives.
• You score 10 for each egg destroyed. You gain a bonus of 100 and 1 extra life for each board of 72 eggs you destroy, after which you are given a new screen.

tanks - Tanks Alot {#tanks}

(c) Ross "Out Bush" Simpson, 2019

From the BASIC 10-Liner Contest 2019.

tarot - Tarot Reader {#tarot}

(c)

titan - Titan {#titan}

(c) MS-Software, 1985

tower - Tower of Hanoi (Türme von Hanoi; Pagoden von Peking) {#tower}

(c)

yahtzee - Yahtzee (Kniffel) {#yahtzee}

(c) J. E. Muschik, 1985

yahtzee2 - Yahtzee 2 (Kniffel) {#yahtzee2}

(c) Veb Mikroelektronik Muehlhausen

This version is based on Yahtzee 1 and uses MODE 1 and BASIC 1.1

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mv, 01/2024