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Das Grosse VC-20 Spiele-Buch (DE)
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones
Moderne Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1984

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Das Grosse VC-20.d64

26 programs

Program Author Requirements Files Info
Mathe mit dem VC-20

Pages 11-13.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded mathe mit vc-20.prg
Screenshot
Mental arithmetic quiz. Solve addition, subtraction and multiplication problems.

Controls:
Type the correct answer.
Anagramm
(Anagramm Rennen)

Pages 15-17.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion anagramm 3k.prg
Screenshot
Word game for two players. Players take it in turns to solve anagrams. Each correct answer moves that player's face right. Incorrect answers move the face left. Take too long (30 seconds) and your face will not move. Try to move your face to the righthand edge before your opponent.

Controls:
Type the correct answer.
Geldberg

Pages 19-21.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded geldberg.prg
Screenshot
Downhill skier. Collect as much money as you can, but don't hit the trees.

Controls:
Joystick.
Raketen-Mine

Pages 23-25.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded raketen-mine.prg
Screenshot
Vertically scrolling space race. Fly through the cavern collecting ore and fuel, and avoid the missiles and meteors. Your faulty thrusters make your ship constantly move sideways.

Controls:
Joystick.
Bomber

Pages 27-29.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded bomber.prg
Screenshot
Blitz game. Drop bombs on the buildings to land your plane safely.

Controls:
F1 (drop bomb).
Gefräßige Ungeheuer

Pages 31-33.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded gefraessige.prg
Screenshot
Eat all the dots, and avoid falling into the holes that keep appearing.

Controls:
Joystick.
Minenfeld

Pages 35-37.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded minenfeld.prg
Screenshot
Destroy all the mines by moving your crosshairs over them. Your assistant moves in the opposite direction to you, and you must ensure he does not touch any mines. The time limit is two minutes.

Controls:
Joystick.
Abfangjäger

Pages 39-41.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded abfangjaeger.prg
Screenshot
Destroy all the satellites by ramming into them. You lose points if you hit any humans, and the edges of the screen are deadly.

Controls:
Joystick.
Trampolinspringer

Pages 43-45.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded trampolinspring.prg
Screenshot
Move the trampoline to keep the man bouncing in the air. You gain points when he hits the trampoline, and lose points if he bounces off the walls.

Controls:
Joystick.
Schutzschild

Pages 47-49.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded schutzschild.prg
Screenshot
Protect the city by using the shield to bounce the bombs back into the sky. Score points by bouncing them back onto the alien ship.

Controls:
Joystick.
Kreuzfeuer

Pages 51-55.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion kreuzfeuer 3k.prg
Screenshot
Move your sights to shoot the aliens with your limited supply of photon torpedoes.

Controls:
Joystick.
Weltraumjagd

Pages 57-59.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded weltraumjagd.prg
Screenshot
Dock with the space station in the middle of the screen, while avoiding the heat seeking missiles.

Controls:
Joystick.
SGN Demo

Pages 61-63.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded sgn demo.prg
Screenshot
Demo showing how to use the SGN function. You move the square, and the ball always moves away from you.

Controls:
Joystick.
Gespenster

Pages 65-69.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion gespenster 3k.prg
Screenshot
Collect as much gold as you can, and lure the ghosts into the holes without falling into them yourself.

Controls:
Joystick.
Cyba City

Pages 71-75.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion cyba city 3k.prg
Screenshot
Maze game. Collect the power packs dropped by the robots, but do not let the robots catch you.

Controls:
Joystick.
Käfer

Pages 77-79.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded kaefer.prg
Screenshot
You are the garbage collector for your computer's CPU. Collect all the garbage (arrows) and avoid the program pulses (sparks).

Controls:
Joystick.
Springer #1
(Springerzuege)

Pages 81-85.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded springer1.prg
Solution
Screenshot
Chess puzzle, the Problem of the Knight's Tour. Move a knight around a chess board, landing once and only once on every square. The solution was provided in the book's appendix. Note: Some REM statements (lines 1000-1080) were removed to avoid Out Of Memory errors.

Controls:
Joystick.
Springer #2
(Springerzuege)

Pages 87-91.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion springer2 3k.prg
Screenshot
Enhanced version of the above program. This version has a title screen, and it detects when there are no remaining moves.

Controls:
Joystick.
Mauern

Pages 93-95.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded mauern.prg
Screenshot
Tron game. Lay as many bricks as you can without hitting the existing wall. There are bonus squares to collect, and it plays a tune.

Controls:
Joystick.
Slalom
(Super Slalom)

Pages 97-101.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion slalom 3k.prg
Screenshot
Skiing game with four screens. Try to reach the end of each course without hitting any trees.

Controls:
Joystick.
Spring, Buggy!

Pages 103-107.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion spring buggy 3k.prg
Screenshot
Drive as far as you can across the moon's surface, jumping over the potholes.

Controls:
Joystick (up to jump).
Malkasten

Pages 109-119.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K/16K expansion malkasten 3k.t64 (tape version)
malkasten 16k.d64 (disk version)
Screenshot
Screen editor. Design your own screen layouts, and load & save them to disk or tape. The BASIC loader can be used to integrate saved screens into your own programs, by following the instructions given in the book.

Controls:
Follow on-screen prompts.
Akustische Effekte

Pages 121-123.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones 3K expansion akustische 3k.prg
Screenshot
Plays these sound effects: Photon Attack, UFO Landing, Lone UFO, Shrill, Red Alert, Helicopter, Flanger.

Controls:
None.
Anwendungen

Pages 125-139.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded anwendungen.t64
Screenshot
Collection of utility programs.
Beispiele fur Bildschirmdemonstrationen: Three programs demonstrating techniques for displaying info on the screen.
Vom Anwender definierte Grafiken: Short program that replaces "!" with a user-defined character.
Chargen: Make your own user-defined characters. Set pixels by typing the coordinates in XY format, e.g. "14" for the first column and fourth row.
Computer-Schrift: Replace all the numbers & letters with a custom font.
Joystick-Routine

Pages 141-143.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded joystick.t64
Screenshot
BASIC and machine code routines for reading the joystick. The machine code routine includes a demo, a simple lo-res drawing program.

Controls:
Joystick (fire to clear screen).
Nützliche Hinweise

Page 145.
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones Unexpanded scroll down.prg
Screenshot
Short routine that makes the screen scroll downwards.

Controls:
None.

Notes

  1. This book is the German version of Winning Games on the VIC-20. Each program has been translated into German and there are minor changes in the listings e.g. slightly different line numbers. The German translations were done by Dr Hans Riedl & Eva Steckenleiter.

With thanks to DLH's Commodore Archive for making this book available in PDF format.

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