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Blast Off with BASIC Games for Your VIC-20 (US)
David D Busch
Prentice-Hall, 1984

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25 programs

Program	Author	Requirements	Files	Info
Target Shoot Pages 1-8.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	target-shoot.prg Screenshot	Shoot the rapidly moving target as many times as possible before it reaches the ground. You can steer your arrow after it has been launched. Controls: Joystick.
Bandit Pages 9-14.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	bandit.prg Screenshot	Fruit machine game. Winning combinations are three lemons, three limes, three cherries, or one lemon & lime & cherry. All other combinations lose. Controls: Press any key (spin reels).
Smother, Hack, and Crush Pages 15-21.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	smother-hack.prg Screenshot	Rock Paper Scissors game played against the computer. The first player to reach 15 points wins. Controls: P (paper), R (rock), S (scissors).
Vegas Pages 23-28.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	vegas.prg Screenshot	Craps dice game. Place a bet and roll two dice. A roll of 2, 3 or 12 loses, and a roll of 7 or 11 wins. Roll any other number and it becomes your point, you must roll that same number again before rolling 7. Controls: Press any key (roll dice).
Draw Pages 29-34.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	draw.prg Screenshot	Drawing program, make your own lo-res pictures. Controls: Joystick (move cursor), fire (clear screen), number keys (select colour), letter keys (select graphic character). Hint: select colour 2 (white) to move/erase.
Nerves Pages 35-40.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	nerves.prg Screenshot	Dice game for two players. Two dice are rolled. The first roll determines your point score. On each subsequent roll, the number shown on the dice is added to the pot. After each roll, you must decide whether to collect the pot and switch to the other player, or continue rolling. If you roll your point score then you lose the pot and it is deducted from your score. The first player to reach 500 wins. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Reflex Pages 41-45.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	reflex.prg Screenshot	Reaction time game for two players. Player 1 uses the Arrow Left key, and Player 2 uses the Inst/Del key. When the message "Now!" appears, try to press your key before your opponent presses theirs. You will lose a point if you press your key too early. The first player to reach 10 points wins. Controls: ArrowLeft (player 1), Inst/Del (player 2).
Masterpiece Pages 47-52.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	masterpiece.prg Screenshot	Buy up to five paintings by bidding against the computer, then try to sell them for a profit. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Decipher Pages 53-58.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	decipher.prg Screenshot	Mastermind game. Try to guess a secret word, consisting of four letters from A-E. 'C' means the correct letter in the correct position, P is the correct letter in the wrong position. You have a maximum of eight guesses. Controls: Type your guess.
Amazement Pages 59-65.	David D Busch	3K expansion	amazement-3k.prg Screenshot	Maze game. Navigate through the invisible maze to reach the bar at the edge of the screen as quickly as possible. Controls: Joystick. Press fire to see the walls, with a time penalty.
Tunnel Run Pages 67-75.	David D Busch	3K expansion	tunnel-run-3k.prg Screenshot	Vertically scrolling space game. Fly as far as possible through the tunnel, and avoid the aliens. Controls: Joystick.
Phrase Guess Pages 77-82.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	phrase-guess.prg Screenshot	Word guessing game for two players, similar to Hangman. Each player enters a secret phrase, which is displayed as a series of dashes. The other player must guess the phrase. Each time you enter a correct letter, you will get another turn. Controls: Type your guess.
Bomber Pages 83-88.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	bomber.prg Screenshot	Drop bombs to destroy the enemy buildings. Your plane flies across the top of the screen, the bombs fall diagonally, and you have 20 bombs. Controls: Joystick (press fire to drop bomb).
Sky Diver Pages 89-95.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	sky-diver.prg Screenshot	Jump from the aeroplane and try to land on the target. The plane's height changes with each pass, the parachutes fall diagonally, and you have 20 attempts. Controls: Joystick (press fire to launch).
Sky Pilot Pages 97-102.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	sky-pilot.prg Screenshot	Fly your aeroplane as long as possible without hitting the clouds. Controls: Joystick.
Keyboard Tutor Pages 103-108.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	keyboard-tutor.prg Screenshot	Music program. Play tunes on the computer. The name of each note name is displayed while the tone is played. Controls: A-: (play natural notes), Q-P (play sharps and flats).
Word Search Pages 109-115.	David D Busch	3K expansion	word-search-3k.prg Screenshot	Word search game. A word is briefly displayed and then hidden inside a random grid. Hidden words can be horizonal or vertical, and forwards or backwards. You must find each word as quickly as possible, then enter the coordinates of the first letter. Note: the game stops with an 'out of data' error after the final word. Controls: Type the coordinates for the first letter of each word (a letter followed by a number).
Cleanup Pages 117-122.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	cleanup.prg Screenshot	Collect all the diamonds as quickly as possible. There is gravity so your aeroplane will dive to the ground if you let go of the joystick. Controls: Joystick.
Bubble Pages 123-129.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	bubble.prg Screenshot	Shoot the rapidly moving bubble as many times as possible before it reaches the ground. You can steer your arrow after it has been launched. Controls: Joystick.
Hammurabi Pages 131-138.	David D Busch	3K expansion	hammurabi-3k.prg Screenshot	Strategy game. You are a medieval Master in charge of a village. You have 20 turns to buy land, grow grain and feed the people. Can you acquire enough land (200,000 acres) to become King? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Memory Master Pages 139-143.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	memory-master.prg Screenshot	Memory game. A string of random letters is briefly shown on the screen. You must repeat it without making any mistakes. The game gets more difficult after each round. Controls: Type the word.
Mixup Pages 145-150.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	mixup.prg Screenshot	Memory game for two players. Somebody has mixed up the keyboard, so that each alphabet key displays the wrong letter. If pressing 'Q' displays the letter 'S', then you must find a matching key (e.g. the key 'G') that displays the letter 'Q' when it is pressed. The first player to match five pairs wins. Controls: Press two alphabet keys (A-Z).
Probe Pages 151-156.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	probe.prg Screenshot	Word guessing game, similar to Hangman. You must guess the hidden word, but 12 dashes are always displayed regardless of the word length - some dashes represent spaces before & after the word. Try to guess the word by entering one letter at a time. The game ends if you make eight wrong guesses. Note: there are twelve words to guess, and the game stops with an 'out of data' error after the final word. Controls: Type your guess.
Elimination Pages 157-163.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	elimination.prg Screenshot	Move around the screen collecting numbers. Try to score 50 points as quickly as possible. Controls: Joystick.
Deadline Pages 165-170.	David D Busch	Unexpanded	deadline.prg Screenshot	Two player game. The computer chooses a secret random number from 100-600, then starts counting upwards. You must wait as long as possible before pressing any key to stop the count. Hitting a key too soon is disastrous, and waiting too long is even worse. The first player to get 500 points wins. Controls: Press any key (stop count).