Short: Fast colourfull Boulderdash clone with source code. Author: slothoub@xs4all.nl (Frans Slothouber) Uploader: slothoub@xs4all.nl (Frans Slothouber) Type: game/misc Action: PAL -------------------------------------------------------- BOULDERDASH or Ted's excellent adventure. -------------------------------------------------------- by Frans Slothouber of Maverick Software Development 1995 This is a version of the ever popular game of BoulderDash. I played it a lot on my old C64. A game that requires a quick mind and quick fingers. When I bought my first Amiga I searched the archives for an Amiga version. However all versions I found were far too slow, so I decided to write my own version. I started writing it in 1993, and finished the first version in two weeks, (on a 1.3 Amiga 500). After lightning struck my 500, I bought A1200. After one bug fix involving loading the colour table it also ran on my 1200 under 3.0. I haven't been able to test it on other computers, so for all I know it might crash on other types of amiga. The only thing you need to run it is the reqtools.library, which is included in the archive. For the rest it is just a matter of typing bd, or clicking the bd icon. An editor is included. So you can create your own caves. The editor is pretty much self explaining. There's also a directory with some caves that I created. What I would really appreciate is that you send my the caves that you created. Since I playing the caves I created isn't that much fun cause I now the solutions. I've also included the complete source code, and you can do with it what you like as long as you leave the header " * Created: * By: FNC Slothouber " intact in all the source files. A possible improvement would be the addition of sound. This version was developed on a A500, and also works on the A1200 I have now. It was assembled with DEVPAC III. The program cooperates with the OS. Multitasking isn't turned off. So if you have some heavy tasks running in the background things might somewhat slowdown . Also you can quit without having to reset the computer :) the only dirty trick I used is a LoadView for the double buffered graphics. If you find any bugs put them in a jar and send them to slothoub@xs4all.nl Same goes for any comments, suggestions, or new caves. Flames can be directed to the sun. Enjoy. Frans. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 35840 13442 62.4% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +bd 2867 649 77.3% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +bd.info 101 87 13.8% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +boulder.with 12175 2475 79.6% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +boulderdash.i 2537 1213 52.1% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +BoulderDash.README 32498 14512 55.3% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +boulders 26459 4722 82.1% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +calculate.s 1292 134 89.6% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +a_quicky.bd 1292 204 84.2% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +caves.bd 1292 79 93.8% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +donotbegreedy.bd 1292 158 87.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +hard_work.bd 1292 81 93.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +just_wait_and_dig.bd 1292 195 84.9% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +many_flies.bd 1292 218 83.1% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +SpeedTest.bd 1292 42 96.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +test2.bd 1292 233 81.9% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +TESTFIELD.bd 1292 262 79.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +TESTFIELD2.bd 1292 254 80.3% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +the_first_field.bd 1292 287 77.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +the_maze.bd 1292 96 92.5% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +think_think.bd 30954 7794 74.8% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +editor.s 479 235 50.9% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +ExecMacros.i 535 234 56.2% 27-Aug-95 18:12:04 +extgfx.i 29303 8657 70.4% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +extgfx.s 6851 1156 83.1% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +graphics.s 1184 411 65.2% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +help_text 32992 6051 81.6% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +main.s 551 198 64.0% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +makefile 43628 28530 34.6% 27-Aug-95 18:12:02 +reqtools.library 12911 3067 76.2% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +start.s 7647 479 93.7% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +testfield.s 14280 2128 85.0% 27-Aug-95 18:12:06 +transition.s -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 310588 98283 68.3% 27-Aug-95 16:35:14 32 files