Retrospect Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hi all. Can anyone here present me with the source code for Tombstone City, please? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Retrospect said: Hi all. Can anyone here present me with the source code for Tombstone City, please? Thanks in advance. Here is the source on one of the E/A disks for the non-ROM version: Editor-Assembler Part B.dsk Assembling TOMBS pulls in TOMBA – TOMBF. ...lee 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 47 minutes ago, Lee Stewart said: Here is the source on one of the E/A disks for the non-ROM version: Editor-Assembler Part B.dsk Assembling TOMBS pulls in TOMBA – TOMBF. ...lee thanks lee. I was rather looking for something written down that I can read, I should have stated that. I want to know how John Plaster's code looked and what he did to get the monsters to move in the way they did etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 44 minutes ago, Retrospect said: thanks lee. I was rather looking for something written down that I can read, I should have stated that. I want to know how John Plaster's code looked and what he did to get the monsters to move in the way they did etc That source code seems very well documented to me. Here are TOMBA – TOMBF concatenated into one PC text file: tombstone.a99 ...lee 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 33 minutes ago, Lee Stewart said: That source code seems very well documented to me. Here are TOMBA – TOMBF concatenated into one PC text file: tombstone.a99 ...lee Great, I've got it up in Context notepad now Thankyou sir! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 8:27 AM, Retrospect said: On 1/12/2021 at 7:54 AM, Lee Stewart said: Great, I've got it up in Context notepad now So......you thinking about doing anything with it? I have an idea for something using the original name. Saguaro City — A Tombstone Tribute Sort of a version following the original storyline as discussed here: http://videogamehouse.net/tombstone.html Maybe expanding in the whole shooter/puzzler idea. Enhanced graphics and perhaps a larger scrolling arena or multiple playfields for each day with new challenges? Maybe add some purpose to the tumbleweeds. Some sort of reason to want to clear them out beyond points. Also, that wonderful theme music playing throughout the whole game. Having fun examining the code myself as TI intentionally shared it as a learning tool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Airshack said: So......you thinking about doing anything with it? I have an idea for something using the original name. I wasn't doing anything tombstone related, I was just seeing how the programmer did his code. It would be fantastic if you could make a Saguaro game, Airshack. Especially after the travesty that was the Coleco version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Saguaro City was a beta version of Tombstone City the code of which escaped from TI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, atrax27407 said: Saguaro City was a beta version of Tombstone City the code of which escaped from TI. Funny thing they changed the title - because Saguaro would much better suit the game as it is, than "tombstone" , originally the game showed tombstones instead of cacti. But when it showed tombstones it was called saguaro, now it shows actual saguaro it's called tombstone. The change was down to TI and "religious reasons" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) The "tombstone" graphics were apparently deemed too gruesome for the kids market and it was changed before release for that reason. Edited April 6, 2021 by atrax27407 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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