Wormtube

[zephyr]

Title: Wormtube
Author: John Bobst
Publisher: Zeta Software (US) / Hornet Software Ltd (UK)
Released: 1983
Platform: Tandy CoCo 1, 2, or 3 / Dragon 32 or 64

WORMTUBE tm
by John Bobst

Features:

* 1 to 4 players (taking turns, "in-progress", savable)

* 6 distinct sound effects (7 if counting "foosh")

* 8 colors on a black screen (Semigraphics 12)

* 255,999,999 points possible (not @#%&! likely)

* 9 speeds/skill-levels (changeable during play)

* 1 joystick required

* 1 "pause" key, 1 exit key, and 1 reset key (handy)


Keys:

BREAK = Pause
ENTER = Continue

F = Faster speed (up to 9)
S = Slower speed (down to 1)

P = Let next player have a turn without affecting the current player's score

SHIFT+1 = Clear all names and scores to zero and start afresh

SHIFT+CLEAR = Exit Wormtube leaving all names and scores intact

EDIT: Archive updated on the 23rd March at 10:50 pm.

[sixxie]

The name "John Bobst" appears in the binary, and a search for that turns up this page:

http://www.archive.org/details/color-co ... ne-1983-06

This places it mid-1983 by "Zeta Software". Was this version modified to work with the Dragon?

Frustrating game if your joysticks have a dead zone (and really hard to completely die, and a very odd scoring system!).

[zephyr]

Thanks Ciaran! I have updated my original post.

[munkeyboy]

I think that this game was released by Hornet Software in the UK.

I have the tape but it will not load, but looking at the instructions on the cover it seems to be the same game.

Wormtube - Hornet Software.jpg (89.27 KiB) Viewed 2858 times

[zephyr]

Excellent, Thanks! I have updated the archive with a copy of your inlay card, an updated Readme.txt file, and a CoCo/Dragon compatible version of Wormtube.