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Here's my BATTLE SHIPS program for a trip down memory lane.
Use CLOAD
Due to my Dragon 32's limited memory, I could only fit the following into the code:
Full graphics & sound;
1 Player vs. the Dragon;
Move cursor with arrows;
Shoot with the space bar;
Enemy ships appear after being obliterated;
Your ships disappear after being slaughtered;
The computer randomly places his 4 ships (lengths vary from 5 units to 2 units);
Your ships are also placed randomly (lack of memory);
You get 1 shot - if you score a hit - you'll get another shot (you'll need it);
The computer gets 3 shots at a time; it will never repeat the same shot;
The 12 x 12 grid means the computer should destroy you in max 40 turns;
At the end of the game, press the space bar to start the game again.
Enjoy! Feedback welcome...
Regards, Cloete

I'm getting an ?FM error when trying to load this with XRoar. Haven't had a chance to try it on an actual Dragon 32 yet though.

CLOADM ""
->
F BATTLE S
?FM ERROR
OK

Rink wrote:I'm getting an ?FM error when trying to load this with XRoar. Haven't had a chance to try it on an actual Dragon 32 yet though.

CLOADM ""
->
F BATTLE S
?FM ERROR
OK

The game is written in BASIC. Load the game with CLOAD instead of CLOADM.

I did try that originally.

CLOAD
->
S
?IO ERROR
OK

CLOAD "" (sometimes returns as above, othertimes)
->
F BATTLE S
?IO ERROR
OK

My system doesn't seem to like that .wav at all. Running XRoar 0.26 btw - I'll try updating and let you know what happens.

Ok. Works fine on Windows XRoar v0.27 but apparently not v0.26.

All the best.

Edit: Yeah, pretty cool game Cloete. That's a nice version of Battleships there.

Rink wrote:I did try that originally.

CLOAD
->
S
?IO ERROR
OK

CLOAD "" (sometimes returns as above, othertimes)
->
F BATTLE S
?IO ERROR
OK

My system doesn't seem to like that .wav at all. Running XRoar 0.26 btw - I'll try updating and let you know what happens.

I have attached a copy of the .CAS file which will work with any emulator. Also included in the archive is a Tandy CoCo version of the game.

EDIT: Attachment removed.

Here's a slightly modified version of the game which has been converted to .cas file. I fixed a bug which had crept in during the code size optimization stage, and made a few minor modifications to the code. Both CoCo and Dragon compatible versions are included.