T.TWO POTATO 128
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FILENAME(S): T.TWO POTATO 128
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".HAT | 000000C0: 54 4F 20 44 4F 2C 20 57 48 41 54 20 54 4F 20 44 |TO DO, WHAT TO D| 000000D0: 4F 3F 22 20 48 45 0D 4D 55 54 54 45 52 45 44 20 |O?" 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H| 00000240: 45 0D 4D 55 52 4D 55 52 45 44 2C 20 22 57 48 41 |E.MURMURED, "WHA| 00000250: 54 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 44 20 41 0D D1 |T IF YOU HAD A..| 00000260: 2D C2 45 52 54 2D 54 59 50 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 |-.ERT-TYPE GAME | 00000270: 45 58 43 45 50 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 57 4F 52 44 |EXCEPT WITH WORD| 00000280: 53 0D 41 4E 44 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 3F 22 20 |S.AND LETTERS?" | 00000290: 20 C9 54 20 57 41 53 20 41 20 43 52 41 5A 59 20 | .T WAS A CRAZY | 000002A0: 49 44 45 41 2C 0D 42 55 54 20 49 54 20 4A 55 53 |IDEA,.BUT IT JUS| 000002B0: 54 20 4D 49 47 48 54 20 42 45 20 43 52 41 5A 59 |T MIGHT BE CRAZY| 000002C0: 20 45 4E 4F 55 47 48 20 54 4F 0D 57 4F 52 4B 2E | ENOUGH TO.WORK.| 000002D0: 2E 2E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 20 2A |..... * * *| 000002E0: 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 | * * * * * | 000002F0: 20 2A 20 20 2A 20 20 2A 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 4E | * * *.. .N| 00000300: 20 54 48 45 20 CA 55 4E 45 20 49 53 53 55 45 20 | THE .UNE ISSUE | 00000310: 4F 46 20 C3 4F 4D 4D 4F 44 4F 52 45 0D CD 41 47 |OF .OMMODORE..AG| 00000320: 41 5A 49 4E 45 20 CD 41 52 4B 20 CA 4F 52 44 41 |AZINE .ARK .ORDA| 00000330: 4E 20 54 45 4C 4C 53 20 48 4F 57 20 48 45 0D 43 |N TELLS HOW HE.C| 00000340: 4F 4D 45 53 20 55 50 20 57 49 54 48 20 48 49 53 |OMES UP WITH HIS| 00000350: 20 49 44 45 41 53 20 46 4F 52 20 50 52 4F 47 52 | IDEAS FOR PROGR| 00000360: 41 4D 53 2E 0D CD 41 49 4E 4C 59 20 48 45 20 4C |AMS...AINLY HE L| 00000370: 49 4B 45 53 20 46 4F 52 20 49 44 45 41 53 20 54 |IKES FOR IDEAS T| 00000380: 4F 20 4A 55 53 54 20 50 4F 50 0D 49 4E 54 4F 20 |O JUST POP.INTO | 00000390: 48 49 53 20 48 45 41 44 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 4F 55 |HIS HEAD FROM OU| 000003A0: 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 42 4C 55 45 2E 0D D7 |T OF THE BLUE...| 000003B0: 48 45 4E 20 54 48 41 54 20 44 4F 45 53 4E 27 54 |HEN THAT DOESN'T| 000003C0: 20 48 41 50 50 45 4E 20 48 45 20 52 45 4C 49 45 | HAPPEN HE RELIE| 000003D0: 53 20 4F 4E 0D 4E 45 43 45 53 53 49 54 59 2E 20 |S ON.NECESSITY. | 000003E0: 20 D4 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 2C 20 41 | .HE COMPUTER, A| 000003F0: 46 54 45 52 20 41 4C 4C 2C 0D 49 53 20 41 20 54 |FTER ALL,.IS A T| 00000400: 4F 4F 4C 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 C8 49 53 20 54 48 49 |OOL.. .IS THI| 00000410: 52 44 20 46 41 56 4F 52 49 54 45 20 46 4F 52 4D |RD FAVORITE FORM| 00000420: 20 4F 46 0D 49 4E 53 50 49 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 | OF.INSPIRATION | 00000430: 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 53 45 45 49 4E |COMES FROM SEEIN| 00000440: 47 20 53 4F 4D 45 4F 4E 45 0D 45 4C 53 45 27 53 |G SOMEONE.ELSE'S| 00000450: 20 49 44 45 41 53 20 49 4E 20 41 43 54 49 4F 4E | IDEAS IN ACTION| 00000460: 20 41 4E 44 20 43 55 4C 4C 49 4E 47 0D 57 48 41 | AND CULLING.WHA| 00000470: 54 20 48 45 20 4C 49 4B 45 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 |T HE LIKES FROM | 00000480: 54 48 45 4D 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 4E 20 48 45 0D 41 |THEM. .HEN HE.A| 00000490: 44 44 53 20 54 57 49 53 54 53 2C 20 43 48 41 4E |DDS TWISTS, CHAN| 000004A0: 47 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 50 4C 4F 54 2C 20 41 4E |GES THE PLOT, AN| 000004B0: 44 2C 0D 49 4E 20 47 45 4E 45 52 41 4C 2C 20 52 |D,.IN GENERAL, R| 000004C0: 45 57 52 49 54 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 57 48 4F 4C |EWRITES THE WHOL| 000004D0: 45 20 54 48 49 4E 47 2E 0D C6 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 |E THING...ROM TH| 000004E0: 49 53 20 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 D4 D7 CF 20 D0 CF D4 |IS COMES ... ...| 000004F0: C1 D4 CF 20 31 32 38 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 54 |... 128... .T| 00000500: 20 4D 41 59 20 52 45 53 45 4D 42 4C 45 20 D1 2D | MAY RESEMBLE .-| 00000510: C2 45 52 54 20 41 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 0D 42 55 |.ERT A LITTLE.BU| 00000520: 54 20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4C 41 |T ONLY IN THE LA| 00000530: 59 4F 55 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 50 4C 41 59 |YOUT OF THE PLAY| 00000540: 0D 41 52 45 41 2E 20 20 C9 54 27 53 20 41 43 54 |.AREA. .T'S ACT| 00000550: 55 41 4C 4C 59 20 41 20 52 41 43 45 20 42 45 54 |UALLY A RACE BET| 00000560: 57 45 45 4E 0D 54 57 4F 20 50 4F 54 41 54 4F 45 |WEEN.TWO POTATOE| 00000570: 53 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 4C |S, EACH CONTROLL| 00000580: 45 44 20 42 59 20 41 0D 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 4B |ED BY A.JOYSTICK| 00000590: 20 41 4E 44 20 41 20 48 55 4D 41 4E 2E 20 20 D4 | AND A HUMAN. .| 000005A0: 48 45 20 54 41 53 4B 20 49 53 20 54 4F 0D 53 50 |HE TASK IS TO.SP| 000005B0: 45 4C 4C 20 4F 55 54 2C 20 49 4E 20 4F 52 44 45 |ELL OUT, IN ORDE| 000005C0: 52 2C 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 44 20 54 48 41 54 |R, THE WORD THAT| 000005D0: 20 49 53 0D 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 41 54 20 54 48 45 | IS.FOUND AT THE| 000005E0: 20 54 4F 50 20 4F 46 20 45 41 43 48 20 50 4C 41 | TOP OF EACH PLA| 000005F0: 59 45 52 27 53 0D 53 49 44 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |YER'S.SIDE OF TH| 00000600: 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 46 |E SCREEN. .HE F| 00000610: 49 52 53 54 20 50 4C 41 59 45 52 0D 54 4F 20 53 |IRST PLAYER.TO S| 00000620: 50 45 4C 4C 20 4F 55 54 20 54 45 4E 20 57 4F 52 |PELL OUT TEN WOR| 00000630: 44 53 20 49 53 20 54 48 45 20 57 49 4E 4E 45 52 |DS IS THE WINNER| 00000640: 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 53 20 53 4F 4F 4E 20 |.... .S SOON | 00000650: 41 53 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 44 53 20 41 52 45 |AS THE WORDS ARE| 00000660: 20 53 48 4F 57 4E 20 41 54 0D 54 48 45 20 54 4F | SHOWN AT.THE TO| 00000670: 50 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2C |P OF THE SCREEN,| 00000680: 20 45 41 43 48 20 50 4C 41 59 45 52 0D 57 49 4C | EACH PLAYER.WIL| 00000690: 4C 20 48 4F 50 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 |L HOP TO THE FIR| 000006A0: 53 54 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 20 4F 46 20 48 49 53 |ST LETTER OF HIS| 000006B0: 0D 57 4F 52 44 20 41 4E 44 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 |.WORD AND PRESS | 000006C0: 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 45 42 55 54 54 4F 4E 2E 20 |THE FIREBUTTON. | 000006D0: 20 D4 48 45 0D 44 49 41 4D 4F 4E 44 20 57 49 4C | .HE.DIAMOND WIL| 000006E0: 4C 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 53 20 |L CHANGE COLORS | 000006F0: 41 4E 44 20 52 45 4D 41 49 4E 0D 43 48 41 4E 47 |AND REMAIN.CHANG| 00000700: 45 44 20 46 4F 52 20 46 49 56 45 20 53 45 43 4F |ED FOR FIVE SECO| 00000710: 4E 44 53 2E 20 20 C4 55 52 49 4E 47 0D 54 48 41 |NDS. .URING.THA| 00000720: 54 20 54 49 4D 45 20 54 48 45 20 4F 54 48 45 52 |T TIME THE OTHER| 00000730: 20 50 4C 41 59 45 52 20 43 41 4E 27 54 20 55 53 | PLAYER CAN'T US| 00000740: 45 0D 54 48 41 54 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 2E 20 20 |E.THAT LETTER. | 00000750: D4 48 45 4E 20 54 48 45 20 50 4C 41 59 45 52 53 |.HEN THE PLAYERS| 00000760: 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 48 4F 50 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 | WILL.HOP TO THE| 00000770: 20 4F 54 48 45 52 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 20 49 | OTHER LETTERS I| 00000780: 4E 20 4F 52 44 45 52 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 |N ORDER... .F| 00000790: 20 59 4F 55 20 53 54 41 4E 44 20 4F 4E 20 4F 4E | YOU STAND ON ON| 000007A0: 45 20 44 49 41 4D 4F 4E 44 20 54 4F 4F 0D 4C 4F |E DIAMOND TOO.LO| 000007B0: 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 54 52 41 |NG YOU'LL BE TRA| 000007C0: 4E 53 50 4F 52 54 45 44 20 42 41 43 4B 20 54 4F |NSPORTED BACK TO| 000007D0: 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 4F 52 49 47 49 4E 41 4C 20 53 |.YOUR ORIGINAL S| 000007E0: 51 55 41 52 45 2C 20 42 55 54 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 |QUARE, BUT DON'T| 000007F0: 20 4A 55 4D 50 0D 54 4F 4F 20 51 55 49 43 4B 4C | JUMP.TOO QUICKL| 00000800: 59 20 4F 52 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 46 41 4C 4C |Y OR YOU'LL FALL| 00000810: 20 4F 46 46 20 54 48 45 0D 45 44 47 45 2E 20 20 | OFF THE.EDGE. | 00000820: C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 4C 41 4E 44 20 4F 4E 20 54 |.F YOU LAND ON T| 00000830: 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 20 53 51 55 41 52 45 0D 41 |HE SAME SQUARE.A| 00000840: 53 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4F 50 50 4F 4E 45 4E 54 20 |S YOUR OPPONENT | 00000850: 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 47 4F 20 42 41 43 4B 20 54 |YOU'LL GO BACK T| 00000860: 4F 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 2E 20 20 |O.YOUR CORNER. | 00000870: C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 46 49 52 |.F YOU PRESS FIR| 00000880: 45 20 4F 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 57 52 4F 4E 47 20 4C |E ON.THE WRONG L| 00000890: 45 54 54 45 52 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 4C 4F 53 45 20 |ETTER, YOU LOSE | 000008A0: 54 48 45 0D 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 20 59 4F 55 20 |THE.LETTERS YOU | 000008B0: 48 41 56 45 20 53 4F 20 46 41 52 2E 0D 20 20 20 |HAVE SO FAR.. | 000008C0: 20 D4 48 45 20 57 4F 52 44 53 20 41 52 45 20 49 | .HE WORDS ARE I| 000008D0: 4E 20 44 41 54 41 20 53 54 41 54 45 4D 45 4E 54 |N DATA STATEMENT| 000008E0: 53 0D 41 54 20 4C 49 4E 45 20 38 38 30 2E 20 20 |S.AT LINE 880. | 000008F0: D9 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 4D 4F 44 49 46 49 59 20 |.OU CAN MODIFIY | 00000900: 54 48 45 53 45 0D 4F 52 20 41 44 44 20 57 4F 52 |THESE.OR ADD WOR| 00000910: 44 53 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4F 57 4E 2E 20 |DS OF YOUR OWN. | 00000920: 20 D4 48 45 59 20 43 41 4E 0D 42 45 20 4F 46 20 | .HEY CAN.BE OF | 00000930: 41 4E 59 20 4C 45 4E 47 54 48 20 41 4C 54 48 4F |ANY LENGTH ALTHO| 00000940: 55 47 48 20 54 48 45 59 20 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 0D |UGH THEY SHOULD.| 00000950: 41 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 54 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 2E |ALL BE THE SAME.| 00000960: 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 41 44 44 20 4D 4F 52 | .F YOU ADD MOR| 00000970: 45 0D 57 4F 52 44 53 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 41 |E.WORDS YOU'LL A| 00000980: 4C 53 4F 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4F 20 43 48 41 4E |LSO HAVE TO CHAN| 00000990: 47 45 20 54 48 45 0D C6 CF D2 2D CE C5 D8 D4 20 |GE THE....-.... | 000009A0: 4C 4F 4F 50 20 49 4E 20 4C 49 4E 45 20 33 30 2E |LOOP IN LINE 30.| 000009B0: 20 20 C9 54 27 53 0D 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 4C 59 | .T'S.PRESENTLY| 000009C0: 20 53 45 54 20 54 4F 20 52 45 41 44 20 46 49 46 | SET TO READ FIF| 000009D0: 54 59 20 49 54 45 4D 53 2C 20 30 0D 54 4F 20 34 |TY ITEMS, 0.TO 4| 000009E0: 39 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 27 44 |9... .F YOU'D| 000009F0: 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 53 50 45 45 44 20 55 | LIKE TO SPEED U| 00000A00: 50 20 4F 52 20 53 4C 4F 57 0D 44 4F 57 4E 20 54 |P OR SLOW.DOWN T| 00000A10: 48 45 20 4C 45 4E 47 54 48 20 4F 46 20 54 49 4D |HE LENGTH OF TIM| 00000A20: 45 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 41 4D 4F 4E 44 0D 53 54 |E THE DIAMOND.ST| 00000A30: 41 59 53 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 44 20 41 46 54 45 |AYS CHANGED AFTE| 00000A40: 52 20 49 54 20 49 53 20 43 48 4F 53 45 4E 2C 0D |R IT IS CHOSEN,.| 00000A50: 4A 55 53 54 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 54 48 45 20 |JUST CHANGE THE | 00000A60: 56 41 52 49 41 42 4C 45 20 D7 C1 20 49 4E 20 4C |VARIABLE .. IN L| 00000A70: 49 4E 45 53 0D 31 35 30 20 41 4E 44 20 34 37 35 |INES.150 AND 475| 00000A80: 2E 20 20 CD 41 4B 45 20 49 54 20 41 4E 59 20 56 |. .AKE IT ANY V| 00000A90: 41 4C 55 45 0D 42 45 54 57 45 45 4E 20 31 30 20 |ALUE.BETWEEN 10 | 00000AA0: 41 4E 44 20 32 35 35 20 57 49 54 48 20 31 30 20 |AND 255 WITH 10 | 00000AB0: 42 45 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 0D 46 41 53 54 45 53 |BEING THE.FASTES| 00000AC0: 54 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 49 53 |T.... .HIS IS| 00000AD0: 20 41 20 56 45 52 59 20 45 4E 47 41 47 49 4E 47 | A VERY ENGAGING| 00000AE0: 20 47 41 4D 45 2E 0D D7 48 45 4E 20 54 57 4F 20 | GAME...HEN TWO | 00000AF0: 50 4C 41 59 45 52 53 20 4E 45 45 44 20 54 48 45 |PLAYERS NEED THE| 00000B00: 20 53 41 4D 45 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 0D 46 4F 52 | SAME LETTER.FOR| 00000B10: 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 57 4F 52 44 20 41 4E 44 20 | THEIR WORD AND | 00000B20: 41 52 45 20 4A 55 4D 50 49 4E 47 20 49 4E 20 54 |ARE JUMPING IN T| 00000B30: 48 45 0D 53 41 4D 45 20 41 52 45 41 20 4F 46 20 |HE.SAME AREA OF | 00000B40: 54 48 45 20 50 4C 41 59 49 4E 47 20 46 49 45 4C |THE PLAYING FIEL| 00000B50: 44 20 49 54 20 43 41 4E 0D 47 45 54 20 51 55 49 |D IT CAN.GET QUI| 00000B60: 54 45 20 46 52 41 4E 54 49 43 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 |TE FRANTIC... | 00000B70: 20 CD 41 52 4B 27 53 20 41 52 54 49 43 4C 45 20 | .ARK'S ARTICLE | 00000B80: 4F 4E 20 48 49 53 20 49 44 45 41 53 20 49 53 0D |ON HIS IDEAS IS.| 00000B90: 56 45 52 59 20 49 4E 54 45 52 45 53 54 49 4E 47 |VERY INTERESTING| 00000BA0: 2C 20 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 20 54 4F 0D |, ESPECIALLY TO.| 00000BB0: 42 55 44 44 49 4E 47 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D |BUDDING PROGRAMM| 00000BC0: 45 52 53 2E 20 20 C9 20 52 45 43 4F 4D 4D 45 4E |ERS. . RECOMMEN| 00000BD0: 44 20 49 54 0D 54 4F 20 41 4E 59 4F 4E 45 20 57 |D IT.TO ANYONE W| 00000BE0: 48 4F 20 48 41 53 20 45 56 45 52 20 53 41 54 20 |HO HAS EVER SAT | 00000BF0: 49 4E 20 54 48 45 49 52 0D 4F 56 45 52 53 54 55 |IN THEIR.OVERSTU| 00000C00: 46 46 45 44 20 4C 45 41 54 48 45 52 20 43 48 41 |FFED LEATHER CHA| 00000C10: 49 52 53 20 4D 55 54 54 45 52 49 4E 47 0D 54 4F |IRS MUTTERING.TO| 00000C20: 20 54 48 45 4D 53 45 4C 56 45 53 2C 20 22 D7 48 | THEMSELVES, ".H| 00000C30: 41 54 20 54 4F 20 44 4F 2C 20 57 48 41 54 20 54 |AT TO DO, WHAT T| 00000C40: 4F 0D 44 4F 3F 22 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC |O.DO?"...... ...| 00000C50: C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 |.. .... ....... | 00000C60: D5 D3 C5 D3 0D 0D D4 D7 CF 20 D0 CF D4 C1 D4 CF |......... ......| 00000C70: 20 31 32 38 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E D4 D7 CF 20 D0 | 128 ..... .| 00000C80: CF D4 C1 D4 CF 20 31 32 38 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |..... 128.. | 00000C90: 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 | **** .ND OF .| 00000CA0: 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |EXT ****. |
..^U:CBM.. T W O P O T A T O..
BY MARK JORDAN.. THE YOUNG
PROGRAMMER LEANED BACK.IN HIS OVERSTUFF
ED LEATHER CHAIR AND.GAZED BALEFULLY AT
THE MONITOR ON HIS.DESK. "WHAT TO DO, W
HAT TO DO?" HE.MUTTERED UNDER HIS BREATH
AS HE.REACHED FOR HIS THIRD TUMS OF THE
.NIGHT. HE'D FOOLISHLY PROMISED HIS.EDI
TOR A PROGRAM A MONTH AND NOW.THERE WERE
ONLY TWO WEEKS TO GO AND.ALL HE HAD WAS
10 PRINTCHR$(142)... HE WAS IN THE T
HROES OF A.PROGRAMMER'S BLOCK... ALL
OF A SUDDEN A TINY GLIMMER OF.INSPIRATIO
N REFLECTED OFF HIS.GOLDEN-FLECKED EYES.
"WHAT IF..." HE.MURMURED, "WHAT IF YOU
HAD A.Q-BERT-TYPE GAME EXCEPT WITH WORD
S.AND LETTERS?" IT WAS A CRAZY IDEA,.BU
T IT JUST MIGHT BE CRAZY ENOUGH TO.WORK.
..... * * * * * * * * * * *
.. IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF COMMODORE.MAG
AZINE MARK JORDAN TELLS HOW HE.COMES UP
WITH HIS IDEAS FOR PROGRAMS..MAINLY HE L
IKES FOR IDEAS TO JUST POP.INTO HIS HEAD
FROM OUT OF THE BLUE..WHEN THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN HE RELIES ON.NECESSITY. THE COM
PUTER, AFTER ALL,.IS A TOOL.. HIS THI
RD FAVORITE FORM OF.INSPIRATION COMES FR
OM SEEING SOMEONE.ELSE'S IDEAS IN ACTION
AND CULLING.WHAT HE LIKES FROM THEM. T
HEN HE.ADDS TWISTS, CHANGES THE PLOT, AN
D,.IN GENERAL, REWRITES THE WHOLE THING.
.FROM THIS COMES TWO POTATO 128... IT
MAY RESEMBLE Q-BERT A LITTLE.BUT ONLY I
N THE LAYOUT OF THE PLAY.AREA. IT'S ACT
UALLY A RACE BETWEEN.TWO POTATOES, EACH
CONTROLLED BY A.JOYSTICK AND A HUMAN. T
HE TASK IS TO.SPELL OUT, IN ORDER, THE W
ORD THAT IS.FOUND AT THE TOP OF EACH PLA
YER'S.SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THE FIRST PLA
YER.TO SPELL OUT TEN WORDS IS THE WINNER
.... AS SOON AS THE WORDS ARE SHOWN A
T.THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, EACH PLAYER.WIL
L HOP TO THE FIRST LETTER OF HIS.WORD AN
D PRESS THE FIREBUTTON. THE.DIAMOND WIL
L CHANGE COLORS AND REMAIN.CHANGED FOR F
IVE SECONDS. DURING.THAT TIME THE OTHER
PLAYER CAN'T USE.THAT LETTER. THEN THE
PLAYERS WILL.HOP TO THE OTHER LETTERS I
N ORDER... IF YOU STAND ON ONE DIAMON
D TOO.LONG YOU'LL BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO
.YOUR ORIGINAL SQUARE, BUT DON'T JUMP.TO
O QUICKLY OR YOU'LL FALL OFF THE.EDGE.
IF YOU LAND ON THE SAME SQUARE.AS YOUR O
PPONENT YOU'LL GO BACK TO.YOUR CORNER.
IF YOU PRESS FIRE ON.THE WRONG LETTER, Y
OU LOSE THE.LETTERS YOU HAVE SO FAR..
THE WORDS ARE IN DATA STATEMENTS.AT LIN
E 880. YOU CAN MODIFIY THESE.OR ADD WOR
DS OF YOUR OWN. THEY CAN.BE OF ANY LENG
TH ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD.ALL BE THE SAME.
IF YOU ADD MORE.WORDS YOU'LL ALSO HAVE
TO CHANGE THE.FOR-NEXT LOOP IN LINE 30.
IT'S.PRESENTLY SET TO READ FIFTY ITEMS
, 0.TO 49... IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEED U
P OR SLOW.DOWN THE LENGTH OF TIME THE DI
AMOND.STAYS CHANGED AFTER IT IS CHOSEN,.
JUST CHANGE THE VARIABLE WA IN LINES.150
AND 475. MAKE IT ANY VALUE.BETWEEN 10
AND 255 WITH 10 BEING THE.FASTEST....
THIS IS A VERY ENGAGING GAME..WHEN TWO
PLAYERS NEED THE SAME LETTER.FOR THEIR W
ORD AND ARE JUMPING IN THE.SAME AREA OF
THE PLAYING FIELD IT CAN.GET QUITE FRANT
IC... MARK'S ARTICLE ON HIS IDEAS IS.
VERY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY TO.BUDDING
PROGRAMMERS. I RECOMMEND IT.TO ANYONE W
HO HAS EVER SAT IN THEIR.OVERSTUFFED LEA
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