Issue 89

Commodore VIC And Plus 4 News
Cygnis RELEASED FOR THE UNEXPANDED VIC 20
Name: Cygnis
Author: Freshlamb
Requirements: Unexpanded machine
Description : 4 linked text adventures
The website says
You are in the Cygnis system, and COMMAND has missions
for you. You land on each planet and receive your
mission. Danger and excitement lie in the solutions to the
quests on these strange far away planets. Four text adventures.
There are four text adventures, each has its own objective.
You move and act in this world by typing one, two word
combinations. N or north will move you north if is it is possible,
and works for all the directions. I or Inventory, T or
Time will work for some games. Look, Use ,Go, Get are good
common verbs. Many of the objects (nouns) you can interact
with are easily spotted. Because they are all under 4K
they will not respond to every word combination. If you
press L at the beginning of one planet you will skip to the
next
check it out here:
http://www.rufnoiz.com/Net%20Cat/a91.html
discuss here: http://sleepingelephant.com/ipwweb/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7408
PET DRAW FOR THE Plus 4
David Murray has released PetDraw for the plus 4 , with
the software you can create drawings using the PETSCII
characters and the text-mode colour. Although the program
is still in development and this version is not fully
functional. Load/Save routines DO work, but you cannot
see what you are typing on the screen. if you blind-type
and press return it will
load/save to device 8. Text
mode is currently broken.
This is due to kernel differences
between the C64 and
Plus/4 and how the cursor
and char-out routines work.
it will require significant
re-write of some sub routines
to make it functional.
At the moment the program has the following features:.
Draw mode, pixel mode and a colour picker
http://plus4world.powweb.com/software/PetDraw
www.commodorefree.com
ADDRESS BOOK FOR THE UNEXPANDED VIC 20
Name: Address Book
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Requirements: Unexpanded
Vic-20, Vic Modem
and tape drive
optional
Description: Store and
organize your contacts
(phone number & email
address) on datassette
with future cloud backup support via the Vic Modem.
Sadly Jeff says he is “no longer making games” and instead
focusing on productivity software, to be hones I
would prefer a mix of both as his games were not only
unique, playable, incredibly fast but were very addictive
The website says
The program is written entirely in BASIC (with optional tape
drive and Vic Modem support). It allows you to store contacts
(phone numbers and email addresses) on tape and access
them on demand. This is a convenient way to keep all
of your friend and business associate information organized.
Download:http://www.sleepingelephant.com/denial/addressbook.prg
Discussion: http://sleepingelephant.com/ipwweb/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7369
Looter - Plus / 4
Looter is a new game for the
Commodore 16 /Plus 4. This is a
clone of the Commodore C64 version
created ​by OnlineProf2010.
The game consists of you collecting
all the treasure and avoid the
blobs and orcs. You can improve
your health in the game by collecting
hearts.
http://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Looter
Knaecketraecker – TED
Knaecketraecker is a new cross-platform TEDsound tracker
developed by Degauss. The options are: Multi-speed, partial
or global playback. Export
to .asm / .BIN / .PRG files.
Load / save of separate instruments
to build a sound
database. Virtual 3rd voice
editor and a keyboard
mode for easy import of
musical notes. It’s not a
standalone EXE you have to
install the software and
seems to be just available for the windows platform
http://plus4world.powweb.com/tools/Knaecketraecker
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