Re: Seeking 42S Inspiration Message #24 Posted by Egan Ford on 28 June 2009, 10:04 a.m., in response to message #23 by Dave Britten
Great game. It was also called Robots. I built the BSD "robots" version for my Mac. Given all today's gaming choices, its the simple games that I find most enjoyable.
I tried to create a 41CX version using the 32 column HP-IL Video interface, but screen updates were too slow and the 41CX is just too slow for interactive games. I may try a 71B version using the 80 column HP-IL Video interface. Versions exist for the 50g.
There are a number of Star Trek turn-based games available that may also workout well. Graphics are not necessary, but providing updates on a printer may be nice (see example below). Think of "Trek" as a much more engaging version of the board game Battleship. There are many C-based (e.g. BSD) and BASIC versions around to base an RPN version on. Actually there is an RPN version already for the 41CX (http://www.rskey.org/gene/calcgene/trek41.htm). Build on that.
Example BSD printer output:
Short range sensor scan
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 . . . . # . . @ . . 0 stardate 2800.05
1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 condition GREEN
2 . . . . . . . . . . 2 position 5,6/5,5
3 . . . . . . . . . . 3 warp factor 5.0
4 . . . . . . . . * . 4 total energy 5000
5 * . . . . E . * . * 5 torpedoes 10
6 . . . . . . . . . . 6 shields up, 100%
7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 Klingons left 6
8 . . * . . . . . . . 8 time left 7.95
9 . . . . . . . * . . 9 life support active
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Starsystem Beta III
For the most part BSD Trek is like the 41CX Trek, but with more options and strategy. Both versions are line oriented, but the BSD version has short range and long range sensor commands than print the above output.
A 42S version of this would be very nice.
Edited: 28 June 2009, 10:12 a.m.
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