Dasm won't open

[Dasm won't open]

If you are trying to execute immediately after going to the command prompt it won't work because windows can't find it. You either need to CD to the directory you uncompressed it to or add it to your path or do what I did and create a work directory to store my source and copy the contents of the bindos directory into it.

[One for the kids]

Happy to report the target audience loves it!

 

On a side note - s0c7 is the most common abend message on IBM mainframes. I'm not attempting "l33t"-speak.

[One for the kids]

AFAIK there isn't a source listing of Cat Trax floating around out there. Here is what I've found - DASM ready. Do a find on *C* to go to the lines I've put color comments on.

[One for the kids]

After doing my first hack (BotP) I decided I wanted to do something for my 2 1/2 yr old. He's just starting gaming. I needed a really young kid friendly game. I chose Cat Trax which is both fun and easy.

 

Kids like things to be personalized so I call it The Monster That Ate ________ (Imagine that as a cart label with a fill-in area to write in the name of your town/city. Think of the rarity value! At least for some of us..... :wink: )

 

Basically I think you should be able to figure out what's going on (especially if you ever played Crush, Crumble, & Chomp - one of my all-time favorites). You are a monster on a rampage. You are vulnerable to the army units. Eat the fleeing mob for bonus points. If you eat the nuclear power plant you will get a nice radiation buzz for a little while enabling you to turn the tables on the army.

[Um, a little hacking help?]

Very nice! I especially like the color scheme. A lot easier on the eyes. The original was about the only game I used to intentionally play in b&w mode.

[Battle Of The Planets]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Actually I had considered trying to hack Street Racer in BotP mode too. Jason for the car games, Princess motorcycle, Mark airplane, Phoenix to replace the skier, Keyop's weird whatever for the scoop games. But I had forgotten just how many variations it had. Don't have that kind of time right now.

 

I would like to encourage anybody who hasn't tried it yet to give hacking a shot.

[Battle Of The Planets]

Hi gang,

Have lurked AA for quite some time now. Thought I'd try to make my 1st post somewhat more interesting than the usual "what are the 10 best 2600 games?". Anyway, this is literally my 1st hack attempt, so judge it accordingly.

The plot is intentionally hazy (makes it more fun - fit it to your favorite episode). Spectra has stolen/created something (Conway tapes, weapon, whatever) and you have to break into their base to retrieve/steal it. In the meantime, the Great Spirit (Sosai X, Luminous One, whatever) has become fed up with Zoltar's bungling and is guarding the object in question personally with manifestations of himself (note: to nitpickers, he personally got involved in the episode Zoltar got unmasked, so this isn't a 100% deviation from the show).

Normal Infiltrate rules apply.