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1K Bejewelled style game

Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:26 am
by Bukster
Here's a 1K game I wrote I call Chain Reaction. It's basically a bejewelled game where you swap two numbers to make a line and try to start a chain reaction. You get 1 point for every number removed, then 2,3,4 up to 7 times for a chain reaction.

The controls are:

Any key to start (gives the randomizer time to cycle)

Cursor keys to select a number, zero to select, then press a cursor to swap in that direction.

Press 1 to reset the game.

It runs on emulators, but also on a real ZX81 with the ram pack pulled out.
1K Chain Reaction.p
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Here's a link to a Youtube video of game play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7Wy83gNkU&t=44s

My web page also has an MP3 you can download to try it out on a real ZX81

I wish I had this game when I bought my 1K ZX81 in 1982. I had to save for the ram pack otherwise I could barely do anything with it. Hope you all enjoy the game!

Re: 1K Bejewelled style game

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:09 pm
by RWAP
It is a nice little game and could easily be adapted to use UDGs

Re: 1K Bejewelled style game

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:35 pm
by dr beep
RWAP wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:09 pm It is a nice little game and could easily be adapted to use UDGs
It is on my to do list to try it in 1K with hires.

Re: 1K Bejewelled style game

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:08 pm
by dr beep
Without altering the gameplay I took off over 200 bytes of the code at this moment.