THIS has got to be the most impressive 10-liner ever published. It's a mini arcade game written almost entirely in machine code featuring large, smooth-scrolling multicoloured sprites with a bit of sound thrown in for good measure. The idea is to put on your Isaac Newton hat and catch as many falling apples as you can. You get 10 points for each apple caught. Miss one and it's game over. Take care with typing it in; we strongly advise using Proofreader with this listing because the machine code below is not checksummed. And do remember to SAVE before you RUN. Control is via the joystick. David, whose high score is 1,670 points, has been a bit sneaky here. To make the game more difficult, left is right and right is left. No cheating now! |