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G/MINTXT1
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_23.ADF |
| Filename: | G/MINTXT1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 087B bytes |
| Load address: | 4D204556 |
| Exec address: | 58544E49 |
File contents
MR. MINER
~~~~~~~~~
With further M/code and modifications
By Richard Dimond
The original game by Mark Bolton and Alastair King was published in EU
September 1987. It was a hybrid (BASIC + M/code) program which was very
tight in memory and needed downloading and also some deletions of lines
before the game could be played. Also, you had to set your keys each
time.
Some time ago, I thought this could be improved and speeded up by making
it completely in M/code. At first, I managed to convert the Basic into
M/code without changing addresses of the M/code parts. This meant that it
was in four separate files as the tune data and M/code were at &C00 and
&900 and the main code was also separate. This needed a short BASIC file
to load the game.
I have now re-written the program into one file which is loaded to &1D00
so that it will work with the Plus 3 without any problems. Although I
have not included the key setting facility - I found this a nuisance to
set up each time - I have included other options not in the original game.
On running the game, a Title scren is shown giving you various options -
Sound On/Off by pressing S or Q. (These also work during the game)
Speed of game using keys 1/2/3. (1=Fast 3=Slow)
Load another set of levels. (For simplicity I have arranged for
these to have a common filename with a number suffix)
Play the game. (The original set of levels are already loaded)
I have not as yet provided further levels - how about someone making some
up?? I have shown how this can be done in my tutorial.
Tha game is to -
Collect all the Diamonds - some are in Safes so you need to
collect the flashing key.
Clear all the earth.
The rocks fall if unsupported so don't let them fall on you!!
The mushrooms are poisonous and must be squashed by letting a
rock fall on them - not by pushing one against it.
You must squash them all before going to the next level.
I hope I have made the game more enjoyable through the speeding up and
other facilities.
00000000 0d 4d 52 2e 20 4d 49 4e 45 52 0d 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |.MR. MINER.~~~~~| 00000010 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 57 69 74 68 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 |~~~~.With furthe| 00000020 72 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f 64 |r M/code and mod| 00000030 69 66 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 0d 42 79 20 52 69 |ifications.By Ri| 00000040 63 68 61 72 64 20 44 69 6d 6f 6e 64 0d 0d 54 68 |chard Dimond..Th| 00000050 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |e original game | 00000060 62 79 20 4d 61 72 6b 1a 20 42 6f 6c 74 6f 6e 1a |by Mark. Bolton.| 00000070 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 41 6c 61 73 74 61 69 72 1a 20 | and. Alastair. | 00000080 4b 69 6e 67 20 77 61 73 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 |King was publish| 00000090 65 64 20 69 6e 20 45 55 0d 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 |ed in EU.Septemb| 000000a0 65 72 20 31 39 38 37 2e 20 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 |er 1987. It was| 000000b0 20 61 1a 20 68 79 62 72 69 64 1a 20 28 42 41 53 | a. hybrid. (BAS| 000000c0 49 43 20 2b 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 29 20 70 72 6f |IC + M/code) pro| 000000d0 67 72 61 6d 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 61 73 20 76 |gram which was v| 000000e0 65 72 79 0d 74 69 67 68 74 20 69 6e 20 6d 65 6d |ery.tight in mem| 000000f0 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 64 |ory and needed d| 00000100 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 |ownloading and. | 00000110 61 6c 73 6f 1a 20 73 6f 6d 65 1a 20 64 65 6c 65 |also. some. dele| 00000120 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 0d 62 |tions of lines.b| 00000130 65 66 6f 72 65 1a 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |efore. the game | 00000140 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 2e |could be played.| 00000150 20 20 41 6c 73 6f 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 64 20 | Also, you had | 00000160 74 6f 1a 20 73 65 74 1a 20 79 6f 75 72 1a 20 6b |to. set. your. k| 00000170 65 79 73 1a 20 65 61 63 68 0d 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 |eys. each.time. | 00000180 20 0d 0d 53 6f 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 67 6f | ..Some time ago| 00000190 2c 20 49 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 74 68 69 73 |, I thought this| 000001a0 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 1a 20 69 6d 70 72 6f | could be. impro| 000001b0 76 65 64 1a 20 61 6e 64 20 73 70 65 65 64 65 64 |ved. and speeded| 000001c0 20 75 70 20 62 79 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 0d 69 74 | up by making.it| 000001d0 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 4d | completely in M| 000001e0 2f 63 6f 64 65 2e 20 20 41 74 1a 20 66 69 72 73 |/code. At. firs| 000001f0 74 2c 1a 20 49 1a 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 64 20 74 |t,. I. managed t| 00000200 6f 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 42 61 |o convert the Ba| 00000210 73 69 63 20 69 6e 74 6f 0d 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 20 |sic into.M/code | 00000220 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 63 68 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 |without changing| 00000230 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | addresses of th| 00000240 65 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 20 70 61 72 74 73 2e 20 |e M/code parts. | 00000250 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 74 20 74 68 61 74 | This meant that| 00000260 20 69 74 0d 77 61 73 20 69 6e 20 66 6f 75 72 20 | it.was in four | 00000270 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 |separate files a| 00000280 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 75 6e 65 1a 20 64 61 74 61 |s the tune. data| 00000290 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 20 77 65 |. and. M/code we| 000002a0 72 65 20 61 74 20 26 43 30 30 20 61 6e 64 0d 26 |re at &C00 and.&| 000002b0 39 30 30 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e |900 and the main| 000002c0 20 63 6f 64 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 | code was also s| 000002d0 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 6e |eparate. This n| 000002e0 65 65 64 65 64 20 61 1a 20 73 68 6f 72 74 20 42 |eeded a. short B| 000002f0 41 53 49 43 20 66 69 6c 65 0d 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 |ASIC file.to loa| 00000300 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 0d 0d 49 20 68 |d the game...I h| 00000310 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 77 20 72 65 2d 77 72 69 74 74 |ave now re-writt| 00000320 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 |en the program i| 00000330 6e 74 6f 20 6f 6e 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 68 69 |nto one file whi| 00000340 63 68 20 69 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 1a 20 74 6f |ch is loaded. to| 00000350 1a 20 26 31 44 30 30 0d 73 6f 1a 20 74 68 61 74 |. &1D00.so. that| 00000360 1a 20 69 74 1a 20 77 69 6c 6c 1a 20 77 6f 72 6b |. it. will. work| 00000370 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 33 | with the Plus 3| 00000380 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 79 20 70 72 6f | without any pro| 00000390 62 6c 65 6d 73 2e 20 20 41 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 |blems. Although| 000003a0 20 49 0d 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 69 6e 63 6c | I.have not incl| 000003b0 75 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 1a 20 73 65 |uded the key. se| 000003c0 74 74 69 6e 67 1a 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 1a |tting. facility.| 000003d0 20 2d 20 49 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 | - I found this | 000003e0 61 20 6e 75 69 73 61 6e 63 65 20 74 6f 0d 73 65 |a nuisance to.se| 000003f0 74 20 75 70 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 20 2d |t up each time -| 00000400 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 | I have included| 00000410 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6e | other options n| 00000420 6f 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e |ot in the origin| 00000430 61 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 0d 0d 4f 6e 20 72 75 6e |al game...On run| 00000440 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 61 |ning the game, a| 00000450 20 54 69 74 6c 65 20 73 63 72 65 6e 20 69 73 20 | Title scren is | 00000460 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 67 69 76 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 |shown giving you| 00000470 20 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 | various options| 00000480 20 2d 0d 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 6f 75 6e 64 20 | -.. Sound | 00000490 4f 6e 2f 4f 66 66 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 |On/Off by pressi| 000004a0 6e 67 20 53 20 6f 72 20 51 2e 20 28 54 68 65 73 |ng S or Q. (Thes| 000004b0 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 64 75 72 69 |e also work duri| 000004c0 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 29 0d 20 20 20 |ng the game). | 000004d0 20 20 20 53 70 65 65 64 20 6f 66 20 67 61 6d 65 | Speed of game| 000004e0 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 6b 65 79 73 20 31 2f 32 2f | using keys 1/2/| 000004f0 33 2e 20 20 28 31 3d 46 61 73 74 20 20 33 3d 53 |3. (1=Fast 3=S| 00000500 6c 6f 77 29 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 6f 61 64 20 |low). Load | 00000510 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 6c |another set of l| 00000520 65 76 65 6c 73 2e 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 46 6f 72 |evels. (For| 00000530 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 69 63 69 74 79 20 49 20 68 61 | simplicity I ha| 00000540 76 65 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 64 20 66 6f 72 0d |ve arranged for.| 00000550 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 74 | these t| 00000560 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 6d 6f 6e 20 |o have a common | 00000570 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 |filename with a | 00000580 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 73 75 66 66 69 78 29 0d 20 |number suffix). | 00000590 20 20 20 20 20 50 6c 61 79 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 | Play the ga| 000005a0 6d 65 2e 20 20 28 54 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e |me. (The origin| 000005b0 61 6c 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 |al set of levels| 000005c0 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 6c 6f 61 | are already loa| 000005d0 64 65 64 29 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 |ded)..I have not| 000005e0 1a 20 61 73 20 79 65 74 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 |. as yet provide| 000005f0 64 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 |d further levels| 00000600 20 2d 20 68 6f 77 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 73 6f 6d | - how about som| 00000610 65 6f 6e 65 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 |eone making some| 00000620 0d 75 70 3f 3f 20 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 68 |.up?? I have sh| 00000630 6f 77 6e 20 68 6f 77 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e |own how this can| 00000640 20 62 65 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 74 | be done in my t| 00000650 75 74 6f 72 69 61 6c 2e 20 20 0d 0d 54 68 61 20 |utorial. ..Tha | 00000660 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 2d 20 20 0d 0d |game is to - ..| 00000670 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6c 6c 65 | Colle| 00000680 63 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 44 69 61 6d 6f |ct all the Diamo| 00000690 6e 64 73 20 2d 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 61 72 65 20 69 |nds - some are i| 000006a0 6e 20 53 61 66 65 73 20 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 6e |n Safes so you n| 000006b0 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eed to . | 000006c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 20 | collect | 000006d0 74 68 65 20 66 6c 61 73 68 69 6e 67 20 6b 65 79 |the flashing key| 000006e0 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 6c 65 |.. Cle| 000006f0 61 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 65 61 72 74 68 |ar all the earth| 00000700 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 |.. The| 00000710 20 72 6f 63 6b 73 20 66 61 6c 6c 20 69 66 20 75 | rocks fall if u| 00000720 6e 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 20 73 6f 20 64 6f |nsupported so do| 00000730 6e 27 74 20 6c 65 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 66 61 6c |n't let them fal| 00000740 6c 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 21 21 0d 20 20 20 20 20 |l on you!!. | 00000750 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 6d 75 73 68 72 6f | The mushro| 00000760 6f 6d 73 20 61 72 65 20 70 6f 69 73 6f 6e 6f 75 |oms are poisonou| 00000770 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 73 71 |s and must be sq| 00000780 75 61 73 68 65 64 20 62 79 20 6c 65 74 74 69 6e |uashed by lettin| 00000790 67 20 61 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |g a. | 000007a0 20 20 20 20 20 72 6f 63 6b 20 66 61 6c 6c 20 6f | rock fall o| 000007b0 6e 20 74 68 65 6d 20 2d 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 79 20 |n them - not by | 000007c0 70 75 73 68 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 20 61 67 61 69 |pushing one agai| 000007d0 6e 73 74 20 69 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |nst it.. | 000007e0 20 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 73 71 75 61 | You must squa| 000007f0 73 68 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 6c 6c 20 62 65 66 6f |sh them all befo| 00000800 72 65 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |re going to the | 00000810 6e 65 78 74 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 2e 0d 0d 49 20 68 |next level...I h| 00000820 6f 70 65 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 6d 61 64 65 |ope I have. made| 00000830 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 67 61 6d 65 1a 20 6d 6f 72 |. the. game. mor| 00000840 65 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 61 62 6c 65 20 74 68 72 6f |e enjoyable thro| 00000850 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 69 6e 67 |ugh the speeding| 00000860 20 75 70 20 61 6e 64 0d 6f 74 68 65 72 20 66 61 | up and.other fa| 00000870 63 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2e 0d 0d |cilities...| 0000087b
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