T.DOWN BOOT
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 43 4F 44 45 51 55 45 53 54 2E 32 |..^U:CODEQUEST.2| 00000010: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 C4 20 CF 20 D7 20 CE 2C 20 20 |. . . . ., | 00000020: C4 20 CF 20 D7 20 CE 2C 20 20 C4 20 CF 20 D7 20 |. . . ., . . . | 00000030: CE 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 |... BY| 00000040: 20 CA 4F 48 4E 20 C8 41 52 52 49 53 0D 0D 20 20 | .OHN .ARRIS.. | 00000050: 20 20 CF 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 4D 59 20 47 52 45 41 | .NE OF MY GREA| 00000060: 54 45 53 54 20 46 45 41 52 53 20 49 53 20 54 4F |TEST FEARS IS TO| 00000070: 0D 46 41 4C 4C 20 4F 46 46 20 41 20 50 4C 41 54 |.FALL OFF A PLAT| 00000080: 46 4F 52 4D 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 41 20 56 41 54 20 |FORM INTO A VAT | 00000090: 4F 46 0D 42 4F 49 4C 49 4E 47 20 41 43 49 44 2E |OF.BOILING ACID.| 000000A0: 20 20 C9 20 48 41 54 45 20 49 54 20 57 48 45 4E | . HATE IT WHEN| 000000B0: 20 54 48 41 54 0D 48 41 50 50 45 4E 53 2E 20 20 | THAT.HAPPENS. | 000000C0: CC 55 43 4B 49 4C 59 2C 20 CA 4F 48 4E 20 C8 41 |.UCKILY, .OHN .A| 000000D0: 52 52 49 53 20 48 41 53 0D 57 52 49 54 54 45 4E |RRIS HAS.WRITTEN| 000000E0: 20 54 48 49 53 20 47 45 4D 20 4F 46 20 41 20 50 | THIS GEM OF A P| 000000F0: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 54 48 41 54 0D 4C 45 54 53 |ROGRAM THAT.LETS| 00000100: 20 4D 45 20 53 49 4D 55 4C 41 54 45 20 4D 59 20 | ME SIMULATE MY | 00000110: 47 52 45 41 54 45 53 54 20 46 45 41 52 0D 57 49 |GREATEST FEAR.WI| 00000120: 54 48 4F 55 54 20 52 49 53 4B 49 4E 47 20 4D 4F |THOUT RISKING MO| 00000130: 52 45 20 54 48 41 4E 20 4D 59 20 53 41 4E 49 54 |RE THAN MY SANIT| 00000140: 59 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CA 4F 48 4E 20 55 53 45 |Y... .OHN USE| 00000150: 53 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 43 4C 45 56 45 52 20 C2 C1 |S SOME CLEVER ..| 00000160: D3 C9 C3 0D 54 52 49 43 4B 53 20 54 4F 20 43 52 |....TRICKS TO CR| 00000170: 45 41 54 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 53 43 52 4F 4C 4C |EATE THIS SCROLL| 00000180: 49 4E 47 20 4D 41 5A 45 0D 47 41 4D 45 20 54 48 |ING MAZE.GAME TH| 00000190: 41 54 20 54 45 53 54 53 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4D 45 |AT TESTS YOUR ME| 000001A0: 4D 4F 52 59 2C 20 59 4F 55 52 0D 4A 4F 59 53 54 |MORY, YOUR.JOYST| 000001B0: 49 43 4B 20 50 52 4F 57 45 53 53 20 41 4E 44 20 |ICK PROWESS AND | 000001C0: 59 4F 55 52 20 53 54 52 41 54 45 47 49 43 0D 50 |YOUR STRATEGIC.P| 000001D0: 4F 57 45 52 53 2E 20 20 C8 45 20 55 53 45 53 20 |OWERS. .E USES | 000001E0: 54 57 4F 20 53 45 54 53 20 4F 46 20 52 45 44 45 |TWO SETS OF REDE| 000001F0: 46 49 4E 45 44 0D 4D 55 4C 54 49 2D 43 4F 4C 4F |FINED.MULTI-COLO| 00000200: 52 45 44 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 53 20 54 |RED CHARACTERS T| 00000210: 4F 20 53 49 4D 55 4C 41 54 45 0D 42 4C 49 4E 4B |O SIMULATE.BLINK| 00000220: 49 4E 47 20 42 41 4C 4C 53 20 41 4E 44 20 42 55 |ING BALLS AND BU| 00000230: 42 42 4C 49 4E 47 20 41 43 49 44 2E 0D 20 20 20 |BBLING ACID.. | 00000240: 20 D4 48 45 20 53 43 52 4F 4C 4C 49 4E 47 20 49 | .HE SCROLLING I| 00000250: 53 20 41 43 54 55 41 4C 4C 59 0D 50 45 52 46 4F |S ACTUALLY.PERFO| 00000260: 52 4D 45 44 20 42 59 20 54 48 45 20 D2 CF CD 20 |RMED BY THE ... | 00000270: 52 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 53 2C 20 54 48 45 0D 53 41 |ROUTINES, THE.SA| 00000280: 4D 45 20 4F 4E 45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 53 43 52 |ME ONES THAT SCR| 00000290: 4F 4C 4C 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 55 |OLL THE SCREEN U| 000002A0: 50 0D 57 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 20 49 |P.WHEN YOU ARE I| 000002B0: 4E 20 54 48 45 20 C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 20 45 44 49 54 |N THE ..... EDIT| 000002C0: 4F 52 20 41 4E 44 0D 4D 4F 56 45 20 54 48 45 20 |OR AND.MOVE THE | 000002D0: 43 55 52 53 4F 52 20 44 4F 57 4E 20 54 4F 20 54 |CURSOR DOWN TO T| 000002E0: 48 45 20 42 4F 54 54 4F 4D 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 |HE BOTTOM OF.THE| 000002F0: 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2E 20 20 D7 48 41 54 20 43 | SCREEN. .HAT C| 00000300: 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 53 49 4D 50 4C 45 52 3F |OULD BE SIMPLER?| 00000310: 0D C1 4E 44 20 43 4C 45 56 45 52 45 52 3F 0D 0D |..ND CLEVERER?..| 00000320: 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 53 49 | .HERE ARE SI| 00000330: 58 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 53 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 |X LEVELS TO THE | 00000340: 41 43 49 44 0D 4D 49 4E 45 20 41 4E 44 20 54 48 |ACID.MINE AND TH| 00000350: 45 59 20 41 52 45 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 49 4E 20 |EY ARE FOUND IN | 00000360: 4E 49 43 45 4C 59 0D 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 45 44 |NICELY.FORMATTED| 00000370: 20 C4 C1 D4 C1 20 53 54 41 54 45 4D 45 4E 54 53 | .... STATEMENTS| 00000380: 20 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 45 4E 44 0D 4F 46 20 54 | AT THE END.OF T| 00000390: 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 2E 20 20 D7 49 54 |HE PROGRAM. .IT| 000003A0: 48 20 41 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 0D 49 4E 47 45 4E |H A LITTLE.INGEN| 000003B0: 55 49 54 59 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 |UITY, YOU COULD | 000003C0: 4D 4F 44 49 46 59 20 54 48 45 53 45 0D C4 C1 D4 |MODIFY THESE....| 000003D0: C1 20 53 54 41 54 45 4D 45 4E 54 53 20 54 4F 20 |. STATEMENTS TO | 000003E0: 43 52 45 41 54 45 20 41 20 4D 41 5A 45 20 4F 46 |CREATE A MAZE OF| 000003F0: 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 4F 57 4E 2E 20 20 C2 45 20 53 |.YOUR OWN. .E S| 00000400: 55 52 45 20 54 4F 20 54 45 53 54 20 59 4F 55 52 |URE TO TEST YOUR| 00000410: 20 4D 41 5A 45 0D 54 4F 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 53 55 | MAZE.TO MAKE SU| 00000420: 52 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 54 27 53 20 4E 4F 54 |RE THAT IT'S NOT| 00000430: 20 49 4D 50 4F 53 53 49 42 4C 45 0D 54 4F 20 53 | IMPOSSIBLE.TO S| 00000440: 4F 4C 56 45 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C2 59 20 54 |OLVE.... .Y T| 00000450: 48 45 20 57 41 59 2C 20 53 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 |HE WAY, SINCE TH| 00000460: 45 20 27 53 43 52 45 45 4E 27 0D 48 41 53 20 42 |E 'SCREEN'.HAS B| 00000470: 45 45 4E 20 4D 4F 56 45 44 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 57 |EEN MOVED, YOU W| 00000480: 49 4C 4C 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4F 20 54 59 50 45 |ILL HAVE TO TYPE| 00000490: 0D 54 48 49 53 20 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 20 42 4C |.THIS COMMAND BL| 000004A0: 49 4E 44 4C 59 2C 20 D0 CF CB C5 36 34 38 2C 34 |INDLY, ....648,4| 000004B0: 20 41 4E 44 0D 50 52 45 53 53 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 | AND.PRESS .....| 000004C0: CE 20 54 4F 20 53 45 45 20 54 48 45 20 4C 49 53 |. TO SEE THE LIS| 000004D0: 54 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 |TING OF.THE PROG| 000004E0: 52 41 4D 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 42 52 45 41 4B |RAM IF YOU BREAK| 000004F0: 20 4F 55 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 | OUT OF THE.PROG| 00000500: 52 41 4D 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 57 4F 4E 27 54 20 |RAM. .OU WON'T | 00000510: 53 45 45 20 57 48 41 54 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 0D |SEE WHAT YOU'RE.| 00000520: 54 59 50 49 4E 47 20 42 55 54 20 57 48 45 4E 20 |TYPING BUT WHEN | 00000530: 59 4F 55 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE |YOU PRESS ......| 00000540: 0D 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 53 45 45 20 54 48 45 20 |.YOU'LL SEE THE | 00000550: 46 41 4D 49 4C 49 41 52 20 27 52 45 41 44 59 27 |FAMILIAR 'READY'| 00000560: 0D 50 52 4F 4D 50 54 20 53 4F 4D 45 57 48 45 52 |.PROMPT SOMEWHER| 00000570: 45 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2E |E ON THE SCREEN.| 00000580: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D7 48 45 4E 20 54 48 45 20 50 |.. .HEN THE P| 00000590: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 42 4F 4F |ROGRAM FIRST BOO| 000005A0: 54 53 20 55 50 0D 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 53 45 |TS UP.YOU CAN SE| 000005B0: 45 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 49 4E 53 54 52 55 43 54 49 |E SOME INSTRUCTI| 000005C0: 4F 4E 53 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 0D 53 49 54 20 42 |ONS IF YOU.SIT B| 000005D0: 41 43 4B 20 41 4E 44 20 57 41 54 43 48 20 54 48 |ACK AND WATCH TH| 000005E0: 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 0D 43 |E SCREEN. .OU.C| 000005F0: 41 4E 20 47 4F 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4C 59 20 54 |AN GO DIRECTLY T| 00000600: 4F 20 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 41 54 20 41 4E |O THE GAME AT AN| 00000610: 59 0D 54 49 4D 45 20 42 59 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 |Y.TIME BY PRESSI| 00000620: 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 45 42 55 54 54 4F |NG THE FIREBUTTO| 00000630: 4E 20 4F 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 |N ON.THE JOYSTIC| 00000640: 4B 20 49 4E 20 50 4F 52 54 20 23 32 2E 0D 0D 0D |K IN PORT #2....| 00000650: 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 41 |. .HERE ARE A| 00000660: 4C 4C 20 53 4F 52 54 53 20 4F 46 20 43 4F 4D 4D |LL SORTS OF COMM| 00000670: 45 4E 54 53 0D 46 52 4F 4D 20 CA 4F 48 4E 20 41 |ENTS.FROM .OHN A| 00000680: 53 20 59 4F 55 20 45 58 50 4C 4F 52 45 20 54 48 |S YOU EXPLORE TH| 00000690: 45 20 4D 41 5A 45 53 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 20 41 |E MAZES OF.THE A| 000006A0: 43 49 44 20 4D 49 4E 45 2E 20 20 C9 53 20 49 54 |CID MINE. .S IT| 000006B0: 20 4D 59 20 49 4D 41 47 49 4E 41 54 49 4F 4E 2C | MY IMAGINATION,| 000006C0: 0D 4F 52 20 44 4F 45 53 20 48 45 20 53 45 45 4D |.OR DOES HE SEEM| 000006D0: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 20 47 4C 4F 41 54 49 4E 47 3F | TO BE GLOATING?| 000006E0: 20 20 D3 4F 4D 45 0D 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 4C 45 | .OME.OF THE LE| 000006F0: 56 45 4C 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 4D 49 4E 45 |VELS OF THE MINE| 00000700: 20 41 52 45 20 54 52 49 43 4B 59 0D 41 4E 44 20 | ARE TRICKY.AND | 00000710: 4F 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 4D 20 49 53 20 44 |ONE OF THEM IS D| 00000720: 41 52 4B 20 2D 20 42 45 20 43 41 52 45 46 55 4C |ARK - BE CAREFUL| 00000730: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D2 45 4D 45 4D 42 45 52 2C |... .EMEMBER,| 00000740: 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 41 4C 57 41 59 53 20 | YOU CAN ALWAYS | 00000750: 50 52 45 53 53 20 C6 37 0D 54 4F 20 52 45 54 55 |PRESS .7.TO RETU| 00000760: 52 4E 20 54 4F 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20 46 |RN TO ........ F| 00000770: 52 4F 4D 20 41 4E 59 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 0D 49 4E |ROM ANY POINT.IN| 00000780: 20 54 48 45 20 41 43 49 44 20 4D 49 4E 45 53 2E | THE ACID MINES.| 00000790: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 |.. .F YOU ARE| 000007A0: 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 48 41 42 49 54 20 4F 46 | IN THE HABIT OF| 000007B0: 0D 53 4B 49 50 50 49 4E 47 20 4F 55 52 20 48 49 |.SKIPPING OUR HI| 000007C0: 2D 52 45 53 20 54 49 54 4C 45 20 50 49 43 54 55 |-RES TITLE PICTU| 000007D0: 52 45 20 42 59 0D 4C 4F 41 44 49 4E 47 20 41 20 |RE BY.LOADING A | 000007E0: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4C 59 |PROGRAM DIRECTLY| 000007F0: 2C 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 0D 46 49 4E 44 20 54 48 |, YOU'LL.FIND TH| 00000800: 41 54 20 49 54 20 57 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 4F 52 4B |AT IT WON'T WORK| 00000810: 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 49 53 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 | WITH THIS.PROGR| 00000820: 41 4D 2E 20 20 D3 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 |AM. .OME OF THE| 00000830: 20 4D 45 4D 4F 52 59 0D 4D 41 4E 41 47 45 4D 45 | MEMORY.MANAGEME| 00000840: 4E 54 20 49 53 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 49 4E 20 54 |NT IS FOUND IN T| 00000850: 48 45 20 C4 CF D7 CE 0D C2 CF CF D4 2E CF 20 46 |HE ........... F| 00000860: 49 4C 45 2E 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 |ILE....... .....| 00000870: 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 | .... ....... ..| 00000880: C5 D3 0D 0D C4 CF D7 CE 20 C2 CF CF D4 20 20 20 |........ .... | 00000890: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C4 CF D7 CE 2E D3 C8 D0 0D | .........| 000008A0: D5 CE D0 C1 C3 CB C5 D2 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |........ | 000008B0: 20 20 20 C4 CF D7 CE 20 C2 CF CF D4 2E CF 0D C4 | .... ........| 000008C0: CF D7 CE 20 C4 CF D7 CE 20 C4 CF D7 CE 20 20 20 |... .... .... | 000008D0: 20 20 C4 CF D7 CE 20 C3 2E 0D D4 2E C4 CF D7 CE | .... .........| 000008E0: 20 C2 CF CF D4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A | ...... *| 000008F0: 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 |*** .ND OF .EXT | 00000900: 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |****. |
..^U:CODEQUEST.2. D O W N, D O W N,
D O W N.. BY JOHN HARRIS..
ONE OF MY GREATEST FEARS IS TO.FALL OF
F A PLATFORM INTO A VAT OF.BOILING ACID.
I HATE IT WHEN THAT.HAPPENS. LUCKILY,
JOHN HARRIS HAS.WRITTEN THIS GEM OF A P
ROGRAM THAT.LETS ME SIMULATE MY GREATEST
FEAR.WITHOUT RISKING MORE THAN MY SANIT
Y... JOHN USES SOME CLEVER BASIC.TRIC
KS TO CREATE THIS SCROLLING MAZE.GAME TH
AT TESTS YOUR MEMORY, YOUR.JOYSTICK PROW
ESS AND YOUR STRATEGIC.POWERS. HE USES
TWO SETS OF REDEFINED.MULTI-COLORED CHAR
ACTERS TO SIMULATE.BLINKING BALLS AND BU
BBLING ACID.. THE SCROLLING IS ACTUAL
LY.PERFORMED BY THE ROM ROUTINES, THE.SA
ME ONES THAT SCROLL THE SCREEN UP.WHEN Y
OU ARE IN THE BASIC EDITOR AND.MOVE THE
CURSOR DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF.THE SCREEN.
WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER?.AND CLEVERER?..
THERE ARE SIX LEVELS TO THE ACID.MIN
E AND THEY ARE FOUND IN NICELY.FORMATTED
DATA STATEMENTS AT THE END.OF THE PROGR
AM. WITH A LITTLE.INGENUITY, YOU COULD
MODIFY THESE.DATA STATEMENTS TO CREATE A
MAZE OF.YOUR OWN. BE SURE TO TEST YOUR
MAZE.TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT IMPOSSI
BLE.TO SOLVE.... BY THE WAY, SINCE TH
E 'SCREEN'.HAS BEEN MOVED, YOU WILL HAVE
TO TYPE.THIS COMMAND BLINDLY, POKE648,4
AND.PRESS RETURN TO SEE THE LISTING OF.
THE PROGRAM IF YOU BREAK OUT OF THE.PROG
RAM. YOU WON'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE.TYPING B
UT WHEN YOU PRESS RETURN.YOU'LL SEE THE
FAMILIAR 'READY'.PROMPT SOMEWHERE ON THE
SCREEN... WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST BOO
TS UP.YOU CAN SEE SOME INSTRUCTIONS IF Y
OU.SIT BACK AND WATCH THE SCREEN. YOU.C
AN GO DIRECTLY TO THE GAME AT ANY.TIME B
Y PRESSING THE FIREBUTTON ON.THE JOYSTIC
K IN PORT #2..... THERE ARE ALL SORTS
OF COMMENTS.FROM JOHN AS YOU EXPLORE TH
E MAZES OF.THE ACID MINE. IS IT MY IMAG
INATION,.OR DOES HE SEEM TO BE GLOATING?
SOME.OF THE LEVELS OF THE MINE ARE TRI
CKY.AND ONE OF THEM IS DARK - BE CAREFUL
... REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS PRESS F7
.TO RETURN TO LOADSTAR FROM ANY POINT.IN
THE ACID MINES... IF YOU ARE IN THE
HABIT OF.SKIPPING OUR HI-RES TITLE PICTU
RE BY.LOADING A PROGRAM DIRECTLY, YOU'LL
.FIND THAT IT WON'T WORK WITH THIS.PROGR
AM. SOME OF THE MEMORY.MANAGEMENT IS FO
UND IN THE DOWN.BOOT.O FILE...DISK FILES
THIS PROGRAM USES..DOWN BOOT D
OWN.SHP.UNPACKER DOWN BOOT.O.D
OWN DOWN DOWN DOWN C..T.DOWN BOOT..
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