The Game's Handy Map Feature |
The original version was programmed for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It has a hires graphics "MAP" command that shows you your progress. In porting it to the MC-10 I had to change the map command to display a simple text graphics map instead. I used a subroutine to translate the former graphic commands to insert into a text array space "O" characters for rooms and "-" and "!" characters for passages that you haven't explored yet. I also added a circular "Death Star"graphic into which the unfolding map is inserted.
I also fixed up a tonne of spelling mistakes. So I guess you could call the MC-10 version a bit of a "fix" of the Coco version. The author, for example, had spelled the "examine" command as "exemine" and many of the words with "ie" were spelled with "ei" instead. I suspect, he was a teen programmer. The game is a lot like the classic game "Dog Star Adventure" written by Lance Micklus for TRS-80 and published in SoftSide magazine. I have also ported that game to MC-10:
I played through Zector Adventure and created the following walkthrough, which has been posted on the CASA Solutions Archive website:
PUSH BLUE, E, GET GARBAGE, S, S, E, GET SUIT, W, W, W, GIVE GARBAGE, E, PUT QUARTER
N, W, LOOK COMPUTER, TYPE D$8, GET CARD, E, S, W, W, S, E, S, GET GRENADE, E, S, N, W,
N, E, E, LOOK CREW, SHOOT MEMBER, LOOK, GET STEEL, W, W, S, E, S
THROW STEEL,LOOK, MAP, W, GET DISKS, INV, E, N, W, N, E, E, N, N, N, W, W
PUT CARD, LOOK, N, THROW GRENADE, DROP DISKS, E, LOOK TERMINAL
TYPE OPEN, W, S, MAP, W, GET PLANS, E, E, PUSH RED, E
I hope you enjoy the Zector Adventure!
I also fixed up a tonne of spelling mistakes. So I guess you could call the MC-10 version a bit of a "fix" of the Coco version. The author, for example, had spelled the "examine" command as "exemine" and many of the words with "ie" were spelled with "ei" instead. I suspect, he was a teen programmer. The game is a lot like the classic game "Dog Star Adventure" written by Lance Micklus for TRS-80 and published in SoftSide magazine. I have also ported that game to MC-10:
****** WARNING SPOILER ALERT ******
PUSH BLUE, E, GET GARBAGE, S, S, E, GET SUIT, W, W, W, GIVE GARBAGE, E, PUT QUARTER
N, W, LOOK COMPUTER, TYPE D$8, GET CARD, E, S, W, W, S, E, S, GET GRENADE, E, S, N, W,
N, E, E, LOOK CREW, SHOOT MEMBER, LOOK, GET STEEL, W, W, S, E, S
THROW STEEL,LOOK, MAP, W, GET DISKS, INV, E, N, W, N, E, E, N, N, N, W, W
PUT CARD, LOOK, N, THROW GRENADE, DROP DISKS, E, LOOK TERMINAL
TYPE OPEN, W, S, MAP, W, GET PLANS, E, E, PUSH RED, E
I hope you enjoy the Zector Adventure!
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