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!CavenDuel/Documents/History
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Filename: | !CavenDuel/Documents/History |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0945 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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File contents
History of !Cavern ------------------ V1.00 (31st August, 1994) ----- * Used a Risc-OS front end. Could be used on a 1 meg machine but any other applications had to be quit first. * Menu was very different, had no 'load map' option, but it still did the same. * Credits put in for when you quit. * Game was in mode 15! So it was very slow even on an ARM3. * Since it was in mode 15 it used a lot of disk space. * No teleporters or staircases in this version. V1.10 (4th June, 1995) ----- * Risc-OS front end axed due to 1 meg machine problems (i.e. The error 'No Room' appearing half way through a game!) * New menu added, now has a 'Load Map' option, full instructions and a Quit option (Which the other menu didn't have!) * Game now uses mode 12 with a different colour palette, speed increase is enormous. Can run on an ARM2 machine with great difficulty. * New ScreenDes added in a separate application. V1.15 (15th September, 1995) ----- * Tried to find ways of speeding up the game. Shortened sprite op commands to increase speed. Shortened variable names etc. Basically got rid of anything that hampered the speed of the game. Gameplay zips along on the Risc PC, but is a little slower with Cache Off, but much better than before. V1.16 (17th September, 1995) ----- * Added a redefined mouse pointer, shaped like a sword, on the main menu. V1.17 (18th September, 1995) ----- * Altered the screen map print routine, to make it more tidy. * Added another redefined mouse pointer, for the screen loading routine. * Revamped the !Help text file. * Added fade routines to other areas of the game i.e. the menu section. V1.18 (19th September, 1995) ----- * Added WIMP front end, cannibalised from Andy Southgate's Oddball game. * Redesigned icon sprites, and included hi-res sprites. V1.19 (19th/20th?) ----- * Allows for loading files onto icon bar. V1.20 (19th September, 1995) ----- * First fully working multi-tasking version. V1.21 (20th January, 1996) ----- * Altered CaveFile filetype from 020 to 022, because it was clashing with !GZip, found on most ftp and web sites. V1.22 (4th December, 1997) ----- * Final release. Modified code of full game using refinements from the demo version, such as timing loops and better program loop. Still uses GOTOs though! Stephen Scott Graeme Scott
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Could be us| 00000070 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 31 20 6d 65 67 20 6d 61 |ed on a 1 meg ma| 00000080 63 68 69 6e 65 20 62 75 74 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 |chine but any ot| 00000090 68 65 72 0a 20 20 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 |her. applicati| 000000a0 6f 6e 73 20 68 61 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 71 75 |ons had to be qu| 000000b0 69 74 20 66 69 72 73 74 2e 0a 20 2a 20 4d 65 6e |it first.. * Men| 000000c0 75 20 77 61 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 |u was very diffe| 000000d0 72 65 6e 74 2c 20 68 61 64 20 6e 6f 20 27 6c 6f |rent, had no 'lo| 000000e0 61 64 20 6d 61 70 27 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 |ad map' option, | 000000f0 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 64 |but it still did| 00000100 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 2e 0a 20 2a 20 43 72 | the same.. * Cr| 00000110 65 64 69 74 73 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 20 66 6f 72 |edits put in for| 00000120 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 71 75 69 74 2e 0a | when you quit..| 00000130 20 2a 20 47 61 6d 65 20 77 61 73 20 69 6e 20 6d | * Game was in m| 00000140 6f 64 65 20 31 35 21 20 20 53 6f 20 69 74 20 77 |ode 15! So it w| 00000150 61 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 73 6c 6f 77 20 65 76 65 |as very slow eve| 00000160 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 20 41 52 4d 33 2e 0a 20 2a |n on an ARM3.. *| 00000170 20 53 69 6e 63 65 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 69 6e | Since it was in| 00000180 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 35 20 69 74 20 75 73 65 64 | mode 15 it used| 00000190 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 64 69 73 6b 20 73 | a lot of disk s| 000001a0 70 61 63 65 2e 0a 20 2a 20 4e 6f 20 74 65 6c 65 |pace.. * No tele| 000001b0 70 6f 72 74 65 72 73 20 6f 72 20 73 74 61 69 72 |porters or stair| 000001c0 63 61 73 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 76 65 |cases in this ve| 000001d0 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 56 31 2e 31 30 20 28 34 |rsion...V1.10 (4| 000001e0 74 68 20 4a 75 6e 65 2c 20 31 39 39 35 29 0a 2d |th June, 1995).-| 000001f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 52 69 73 63 2d 4f 53 20 |----. * Risc-OS | 00000200 66 72 6f 6e 74 20 65 6e 64 20 61 78 65 64 20 64 |front end axed d| 00000210 75 65 20 74 6f 20 31 20 6d 65 67 20 6d 61 63 68 |ue to 1 meg mach| 00000220 69 6e 65 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 28 69 2e |ine problems (i.| 00000230 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0a 20 20 20 |e. The error. | 00000240 27 4e 6f 20 52 6f 6f 6d 27 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 |'No Room' appear| 00000250 69 6e 67 20 68 61 6c 66 20 77 61 79 20 74 68 72 |ing half way thr| 00000260 6f 75 67 68 20 61 20 67 61 6d 65 21 29 0a 20 2a |ough a game!). *| 00000270 20 4e 65 77 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 64 64 65 64 2c | New menu added,| 00000280 20 6e 6f 77 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 27 4c 6f 61 64 | now has a 'Load| 00000290 20 4d 61 70 27 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 66 75 | Map' option, fu| 000002a0 6c 6c 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |ll instructions | 000002b0 61 6e 64 20 61 20 51 75 69 74 0a 20 20 20 6f 70 |and a Quit. op| 000002c0 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 57 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 |tion (Which the | 000002d0 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 64 69 64 6e 27 |other menu didn'| 000002e0 74 20 68 61 76 65 21 29 0a 20 2a 20 47 61 6d 65 |t have!). * Game| 000002f0 20 6e 6f 77 20 75 73 65 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 | now uses mode 1| 00000300 32 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 |2 with a differe| 00000310 6e 74 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 |nt colour palett| 00000320 65 2c 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 |e, speed increas| 00000330 65 20 69 73 0a 20 20 20 65 6e 6f 72 6d 6f 75 73 |e is. enormous| 00000340 2e 20 20 43 61 6e 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e |. Can run on an| 00000350 20 41 52 4d 32 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 77 69 | ARM2 machine wi| 00000360 74 68 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 |th great difficu| 00000370 6c 74 79 2e 0a 20 2a 20 4e 65 77 20 53 63 72 65 |lty.. * New Scre| 00000380 65 6e 44 65 73 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 |enDes added in a| 00000390 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 | separate applic| 000003a0 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 20 0a 56 31 2e 31 35 20 28 |ation.. .V1.15 (| 000003b0 31 35 74 68 20 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 |15th September, | 000003c0 31 39 39 35 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 54 |1995).-----. * T| 000003d0 72 69 65 64 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 77 61 79 |ried to find way| 000003e0 73 20 6f 66 20 73 70 65 65 64 69 6e 67 20 75 70 |s of speeding up| 000003f0 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 53 68 6f 72 74 | the game. Short| 00000400 65 6e 65 64 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 6f 70 20 63 |ened sprite op c| 00000410 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 0a 20 20 20 74 6f 20 69 6e |ommands. to in| 00000420 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 2e 20 53 68 |crease speed. Sh| 00000430 6f 72 74 65 6e 65 64 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 |ortened variable| 00000440 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 65 74 63 2e 20 42 61 73 69 | names etc. Basi| 00000450 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 67 6f 74 20 72 69 64 20 6f 66 |cally got rid of| 00000460 0a 20 20 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 |. anything tha| 00000470 74 20 68 61 6d 70 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 |t hampered the s| 00000480 70 65 65 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 |peed of the game| 00000490 2e 20 47 61 6d 65 70 6c 61 79 20 7a 69 70 73 20 |. Gameplay zips | 000004a0 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 |along on the. | 000004b0 52 69 73 63 20 50 43 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 73 20 |Risc PC, but is | 000004c0 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 73 6c 6f 77 65 72 20 |a little slower | 000004d0 77 69 74 68 20 43 61 63 68 65 20 4f 66 66 2c 20 |with Cache Off, | 000004e0 62 75 74 20 6d 75 63 68 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 |but much better | 000004f0 74 68 61 6e 0a 20 20 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 2e 0a |than. before..| 00000500 20 20 20 0a 56 31 2e 31 36 20 28 31 37 74 68 20 | .V1.16 (17th | 00000510 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 31 39 39 35 29 |September, 1995)| 00000520 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 41 64 64 65 64 20 |.-----. * Added | 00000530 61 20 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 20 6d 6f 75 73 |a redefined mous| 00000540 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 2c 20 73 68 61 70 65 |e pointer, shape| 00000550 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 73 77 6f 72 64 2c 20 |d like a sword, | 00000560 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 6d 65 6e 75 |on the main menu| 00000570 2e 20 0a 0a 56 31 2e 31 37 20 28 31 38 74 68 20 |. ..V1.17 (18th | 00000580 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 31 39 39 35 29 |September, 1995)| 00000590 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 41 6c 74 65 72 65 |.-----. * Altere| 000005a0 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6d 61 70 |d the screen map| 000005b0 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2c 20 | print routine, | 000005c0 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 69 74 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |to make it more | 000005d0 74 69 64 79 2e 0a 20 2a 20 41 64 64 65 64 20 61 |tidy.. * Added a| 000005e0 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 |nother redefined| 000005f0 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 2c 20 | mouse pointer, | 00000600 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6c |for the screen l| 00000610 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2e 0a |oading routine..| 00000620 20 2a 20 52 65 76 61 6d 70 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 | * Revamped the | 00000630 21 48 65 6c 70 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 2e |!Help text file.| 00000640 0a 20 2a 20 41 64 64 65 64 20 66 61 64 65 20 72 |. * Added fade r| 00000650 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 73 20 74 6f 20 6f 74 68 65 72 |outines to other| 00000660 20 61 72 65 61 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 | areas of the ga| 00000670 6d 65 20 69 2e 65 2e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 |me i.e. the menu| 00000680 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 56 31 2e 31 38 | section...V1.18| 00000690 20 28 31 39 74 68 20 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 | (19th September| 000006a0 2c 20 31 39 39 35 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a |, 1995).-----. *| 000006b0 20 41 64 64 65 64 20 57 49 4d 50 20 66 72 6f 6e | Added WIMP fron| 000006c0 74 20 65 6e 64 2c 20 63 61 6e 6e 69 62 61 6c 69 |t end, cannibali| 000006d0 73 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 6e 64 79 20 53 6f |sed from Andy So| 000006e0 75 74 68 67 61 74 65 27 73 20 4f 64 64 62 61 6c |uthgate's Oddbal| 000006f0 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 0a 20 2a 20 52 65 64 65 73 |l game.. * Redes| 00000700 69 67 6e 65 64 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 73 70 72 69 74 |igned icon sprit| 00000710 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 |es, and included| 00000720 20 68 69 2d 72 65 73 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 2e | hi-res sprites.| 00000730 0a 20 0a 56 31 2e 31 39 20 28 31 39 74 68 2f 32 |. .V1.19 (19th/2| 00000740 30 74 68 3f 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 41 |0th?).-----. * A| 00000750 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e |llows for loadin| 00000760 67 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 69 63 6f |g files onto ico| 00000770 6e 20 62 61 72 2e 0a 20 0a 56 31 2e 32 30 20 28 |n bar.. .V1.20 (| 00000780 31 39 74 68 20 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 |19th September, | 00000790 31 39 39 35 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 46 |1995).-----. * F| 000007a0 69 72 73 74 20 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 |irst fully worki| 000007b0 6e 67 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 2d 74 61 73 6b 69 6e 67 |ng multi-tasking| 000007c0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 20 0a 56 31 2e 32 | version.. .V1.2| 000007d0 31 20 28 32 30 74 68 20 4a 61 6e 75 61 72 79 2c |1 (20th January,| 000007e0 20 31 39 39 36 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 | 1996).-----. * | 000007f0 41 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 43 61 76 65 46 69 6c 65 |Altered CaveFile| 00000800 20 66 69 6c 65 74 79 70 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 30 | filetype from 0| 00000810 32 30 20 74 6f 20 30 32 32 2c 20 62 65 63 61 75 |20 to 022, becau| 00000820 73 65 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 63 6c 61 73 68 69 |se it was clashi| 00000830 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 0a 20 20 20 21 47 5a 69 70 |ng with. !GZip| 00000840 2c 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 |, found on most | 00000850 66 74 70 20 61 6e 64 20 77 65 62 20 73 69 74 65 |ftp and web site| 00000860 73 2e 0a 0a 56 31 2e 32 32 20 28 34 74 68 20 44 |s...V1.22 (4th D| 00000870 65 63 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 31 39 39 37 29 0a 2d |ecember, 1997).-| 00000880 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 2a 20 46 69 6e 61 6c 20 72 65 |----. * Final re| 00000890 6c 65 61 73 65 2e 20 4d 6f 64 69 66 69 65 64 20 |lease. Modified | 000008a0 63 6f 64 65 20 6f 66 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 67 61 6d |code of full gam| 000008b0 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 72 65 66 69 6e 65 6d 65 |e using refineme| 000008c0 6e 74 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d |nts from the dem| 000008d0 6f 0a 20 20 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2c 20 73 75 |o. version, su| 000008e0 63 68 20 61 73 20 74 69 6d 69 6e 67 20 6c 6f 6f |ch as timing loo| 000008f0 70 73 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 70 72 |ps and better pr| 00000900 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 6c 6f 6f 70 2e 20 53 74 69 6c |ogram loop. Stil| 00000910 6c 20 75 73 65 73 20 47 4f 54 4f 73 0a 20 20 20 |l uses GOTOs. | 00000920 74 68 6f 75 67 68 21 0a 20 20 0a 53 74 65 70 68 |though!. .Steph| 00000930 65 6e 20 53 63 6f 74 74 0a 47 72 61 65 6d 65 20 |en Scott.Graeme | 00000940 53 63 6f 74 74 |Scott| 00000945
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