bomberpunk

i did, i started reading some documents. oh and here's the stand-alone EXE file: Wizard's Staff (Revision B) levels layout: LEVELS 01 THRU 08 -> 4 talismans, same order LEVELS 09 THRU 17 -> 6 talismans, same order LEVEL 18 -> 4 talismans, regenerated order LEVEL 19 -> 6 talismans, regenerated order (bug fixes in RevB)

holy crap this is like a Dragon Warrior 1 / Final Fantasy 1 precursor. i'm in love.

although DW is currently hard at work on an RPG-type game called Paladin, that's no reason to want. so sign here if you'd buy a full-blown Pirate II game-on-cart. this post IS my siggy.

i've actually tried fiddling with bB months ago, but i simply can't grasp it. ever since i got a 2600 at the age of 4, i've ALWAYS wanted to make a game for the system. a cart with my name on it is too good to be true. a while back, someone posted a simple bB game called Green Hell (a fantastic first effort, IMO). i looked at the code and for me it was like trying to read japanese. and i know what you mean about having people turn their heads at your bB games because i don't properly code my QB games. but what i do gets the job done and that's all i care about i, for one, am hooked on all your games and if there isn't a petition for II yet, then i'll start it. by the way, thanks for the kind words. i'm glad you find the game a fit "port". Is Qbasic the same as QuickBASIC? If so, you might want to check out FreeBASIC, which is a free QuickBASIC-compatible compiler. It actually includes improvements over QuickBASIC. It doesn't come with an editor or IDE-- it's just a compiler-- but you can write FreeBASIC code in Crimson Editor or any other IDE/editor, then call the FreeBASIC compiler to compile it. Okay, I just Googled Qbasic, and as I thought, it's more or less QuickBASIC, or was a sort of version of QuickBASIC that Microsoft used to include with DOS/Windows for a while. FreeBASIC ought to be easy for you to pick up, and the compiled programs run under Windows. Michael http://www.freebasic.net correct, Quick & Q are essentially the same thing sans minor commands and such. QB 1.1 is the one that came with windows, and didn't include a compiler. luckily i also have version 4.5 which does include one, so i have no problem with compiling the programs i make. if i'm going to ever learn another language, it's going to be bB. perhaps one day, when i'm feeling smart... but thank you for your post either way.

i even looked at that, and for whatever reason i thought, "oh, it's just range, distance, and speed written backwards". *shakes head in disgust at self* anyway, as a programmer (not a very good one) of a different language (again, not a very good one), i have a little tribute i whipped up today. it's a PC game, in Qbasic, called Wizard's Staff. enjoy. note: the bastard won't let me upload the EXE, so here's the BAS file (so now you need Qbasic to run it). WIZSTAFF.BAS

adventure is quality. secret quest is quantity. >;) [_]-> ( } (

i am just reading this thread for the first time, and all i have to say is... OOOHH LA-LAH!! (i have this cart!)

I never said it was in the manual. i can't be this stupid. the fact that i know how to access the game but still cannot see the clue is getting on my nerves. i have an idea what the clue is, but i didn't find it obvious and it's in more than one place, which actually should have made it obvious. so maybe that's actually the clue. but again i might just be stupid.

how's about a different colored square that serves as "warp-to-a-random-spot"?

AGGRAVATION!!! (not sure if this one would work, but the idea is to not allow players to cross the middle border but still attack through it). ................................ ..............0?................ ................................ ................................ X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X. X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X. ................................ ................................ ..............0?................ ................................ ................................

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there's plenty more where that came from...

i have no clue what the clue was in the manual. i checked the text word for word to find what exactly was omitted from the downloadable instructions document. but thanks to post #18 found on the thread below, i was able to figure it out. http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=100175 game three ROCKS!!!

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so i got my game in today. i read the manual twice. and i see absolutely nothing hinting at the hidden game. can i get a page number??

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okay. with that in mind i revised most of my levels.

hm, the 11th row isn't playable??

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