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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:05 pm
by ravenxau
GAMBOL (unexpanded VIC): Collect the white energy containers. You can move boulders as well. Beware of the monsters.
Interesting, the music is "Walzing Matilda", a traditional Australian song - you will hear Aussie Rugby Union fans sing it at international games after the national anthem has been played. IMO, it is actually a more stirring and patriotic tune for members of a penal colony. It tells the story of of a man, who after stealing a sheep, dives into a billabong (pond) and drowns rather than being caught by the authorities
Here is a short video, yes I know this is at a soccer game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjaDPl91g
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:35 pm
by tokra
October, 1987:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8710/8710.zip
FRAGEZEICHEN (+3K): An adventure game
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:42 pm
by tokra
November, 1987:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8711/8711.zip
WORMY (+8K): Eat the dots while Wormy grows. Three different levels.
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:50 pm
by tokra
December, 1987:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8712/8712.zip
ALIEN ATTACK (unexpanded VIC): Shoot the alien. Move your ship with A, D, F1, F7 and Space. If the alien from the left comes to get you go up (F1) to evade it, but make sure to go down again before the counter reaches 7.
SUPER-SENSO (+3K): A Senso-clone
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:15 am
by orion70
Wow! I urge you (or another German friend) to translate this in English
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:53 pm
by Kweepa
I agree.
A game called Question Marks where "the magician looks at me weird" is definitely worthy of a translation!
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:27 pm
by tokra
Any volunteers please step forward now
I'd rather go on posting more type-ins for the moment.
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:51 pm
by tokra
January, 1988:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8801/8801.zip
KUPKA-KOLA (unexpanded VIC): Put the empty bottles on the lower conveyor belt onto the top conveyor belt. You can hold up to three empty bottles at once. If you need to stop the belt you can do so three times by hitting the space-bar. After you sorted 10 empty bottles in the bonus round try to remember the music and replay it with keys 1 to 5.
PAC (+8K): Another Pac Man-clone. This is one uses a very large screen.
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:06 pm
by Kweepa
I translated Fragezeiche:
- QuestionMark.png (5.21 KiB) Viewed 1579 times
[EDIT] Uploaded a version with fixed ending message, after finishing the game. Here's the solution:
seswsswsswwnentwwnusseseseuwnwnwnnetwsseseenesunwswseeetwwwneneseunnwnwnnwutnwwssssseswseutwnses
[EDIT2]Placed files inline.
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:23 am
by orion70
Thank you so much Kweepa!
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:08 pm
by tokra
February, 1988:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8802/8802.zip
FRED THE SNAKE (+3K): Eat all the diamons without biting your own tail. Easy at level 1, incredibly difficult at level 9. Five different screens.
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:28 pm
by Mayhem
Only one I don't have credit for out of all the previous few months is Shooter...
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:16 pm
by tokra
March, 1988:
http://www.tokra.de/vic/computemit/8803/8803.zip
PIXEL-GRAPHIC (unexpanded VIC): A graphic-extension (128x128) for the unexpanded VIC. See the Demo-program how to use it
POOYAN (unexpanded VIC): A Pooyan-clone. Shoot the balloons the wolves are lowering themselves down on.
This was the final issue with VIC-20 type-ins. But don't worry. I have more type-ins from other magazines coming up. Stay tuned!
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:18 am
by orion70
Tokra, thank you very much for this huge work of preservation. A lot of games were fun to play, with some real gems. They really give us the flavour of those days, when typing games in and save them to tape was the only way to play
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thank you
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:16 am
by rmelick
Thank you for all of these!