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I have been working on a port of Knights and Demons for the MC-10 from the Dragon original. Made some changes, including to the graphics, to make it slightly less garish and busy. If there's any interest I'll port it back to Dragon.

I recently created some new BASIC game programs for a 4K TRS-80 Color Computer 1 programming challenge organized by Allen Huffman. Details about the contest and my entries can be found on my blog: http://jimgerrie.blogspot.ca/2015/01/4k-color-computer-programming-contest.html http://jimgerrie.blogsp...

I have ported Will Crowther's original Colossal Cave "Adventure" (the program that got the whole genre of text adventuring going) to Microsoft Basic for the Dragon and Coco. I have fixed and finished uncompleted elements and changed some things to create some new challenges for old players. The file...

Thanks for the link Alastair. I actually did take a peak at the source after Stew's post. Found this GameManager.prototype.addRandomTile = function () { if (this.grid.cellsAvailable()) { var value = Math.random() < 0.9 ? 2 : 4; var tile = new Tile(this.grid.randomAvailableCell(), value); this.grid.i...

Thanks for letting me know. I'm always worried that I will introduce some new ill. Sorry to read you got so close. Still, my sense is that game play is easier with the 90% 10% split on new 2s and 4s. Was it more of a struggle to finish the prior non-standard version? If so, thanks for the persistence.

Okay. I've changed GAME2048.BAS to only add new squares when the existing squares move during a turn. And I've changed the occurrence of a 4 to a 10% chance, with a 90% chance for new 2 per turn. I've also done a few optimizations to speed things up just a wee bit more and added a high score routine...

Thanks Sixxie and Stew for the comments about possible quirks in my rendition of the puzzle. It's what you get from simply trying to re engineer a game from watching YouTube vids and pestering your 16 year old son... Thanks Stew for playing to the brutal end... Updates shortly... Ciad Míle Fáilte

2048 is a tough game, Jim. I like it though :-) The highest scoring tile I've made so far is a feeble 256. Thanks for letting me know. I've only made it to 512 once and can often get to 256, but I have NEVER won it (except by breaking and changing variables for testing purposes). I know lots of peo...

I've added a new game to my zip of game programs. Its the 2048 Puzzle. Any feedback is welcome. Arrow keys to move. 0 exits.

I'm finding Dice Wars a very absorbing game and am becoming slightly addicted. Thanks for letting me know you like it. The AI presents quite a challenge... I thought I had the strategy all worked out and then got beaten several times in a row. I did notice a slight weakness in the AI when the game ...