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VIC Games (US)
Nick Hampshire
Hayden Book Company, 1983

Download all programs from this book on one disk:

VIC Games.d64

36 programs (100% complete)

Program	Author	Requirements	Files	Info
Breakout Pages 6-10.	?	Unexpanded	breakout.prg Screenshot	Breakout game, use your bat & ball to demolish all the bricks. Controls: Crsr-Down (left), Crsr-Right (right).
Find the Word Pages 11-16.	?	Unexpanded	find the word.prg Screenshot	Wordsearch game, find a word hidden in a grid of random letters. Controls: Type your guess.
Space Pirates Pages 17-21.	?	3K expansion	space pirate 3k.prg Screenshot	Use your three bases to shoot the aliens before they destroy the cells on the right hand side of the screen. Controls: A (fire base 1), S (fire base 2), D (fire base 3).
Vic Vic Pages 22-24.	?	Unexpanded	vic vic.prg Screenshot	Graphical demo, pulls the screen in & out with interesting effects. Controls: None.
Birds Demo Pages 25-29.	Bob Yannes	Unexpanded	birds demo.prg Screenshot	Graphical demo, hi-res animation of flying birds. Controls: None.
Rhino Pages 30-38.	?	3K expansion	rhino 3k.prg Screenshot	Hidden among the jungle are a number of rhinos, which won't become visible unless you move within sight of them. Can you avoid them and return home safely? Controls: 8 (up), 2 (down), 4 (left), 6 (right), 1,3,7,9 (diagonals).
Do-Ray-Me Pages 39-42.	?	Unexpanded	do-ray-me.prg Screenshot	Piano program, use your Vic as a musical instrument. Controls: Q-I, A-K, Z-comma (play notes), 0 (silence).
Sound Effects Pages 43-46.	?	Unexpanded	sound effects.prg Screenshot	Play various sound effects. Controls: 0-9 (play chosen sound).
Arrow Pages 47-51.	?	Unexpanded	arrow.prg Screenshot	Snake game, eat the numbers while avoiding your tail. Controls: T (up), B (down), F (left), H (right).
Tank-v-Ufo Pages 52-57.	?	Unexpanded	tank-v-ufo.prg Screenshot	Shoot the UFOs with your tank. Controls: Z (left), C (right), V (fire), Q (quit).
Landmine Pages 58-64.	?	3K expansion	landmine 3k.prg Screenshot	Logic game. Return home across the minefield without touching any of the hidden mines. An audible alert will warn you if you are near a mine. Controls: 8 (up), 2 (down), 4 (left), 6 (right), 1,3,7,9 (diagonals).
Spacewar Pages 65-71.	?	Unexpanded	spacewar.t64 Screenshot	Shoot the blue Mingon ship while avoiding asteroids and being pulled by gravity. Controls: Joystick with Space (hyperspace).
Joystick Test Pages 72-73.	?	Unexpanded	joystick test.prg Screenshot	Short program demonstrating how to read the joystick from Basic. Controls: Joystick.
Define Keys Pages 74-76.	Dave Tong	Unexpanded	define keys.prg Screenshot	Assign commands to the function keys. Change what each key does by modifying the listing before running it. Controls: F1-F8.
USA Song Pages 77-81.	John Huls	Unexpanded	usa song.prg Screenshot	Displays the U.S.A. flag while playing the Star Spangled Banner. Controls: None.
Digiclock Pages 82-84.	?	Unexpanded	digiclock.prg Screenshot	Turn the computer into a digital clock. Controls: Left-Arrow (enter time).
Leap Frog Pages 85-91.	?	3K expansion	leap frog 3k.prg Screenshot	Move the frogs one at a time until their positions are reversed, with the white frogs on the left and green frogs on the right. You can only move frogs into an empty space and you cannot jump over more than one frog to get there. Controls: Type the number (1-11) of the frog that you want to move.
Rubik's Cube Pages 92-96.	?	3K expansion	rubiks cube 3k.prg Screenshot	Try to solve this computer version of the famous Rubik's cube puzzle. Controls: 1-6 (select which side to rotate), - (rotate anticlockwise), Space (restart).
Boss Puzzle Pages 97-101.	David Parkinson	Unexpanded	boss puzzle.prg Screenshot	Puzzle game, slide the tiles back into numerical order. Controls: F1 (up), F7 (down), F5 (left), F3 (right).
Sketching 1 Pages 102-105.	?	Unexpanded	sketching1.prg Screenshot	Art program, draw simple pictures using keyboard graphics. Controls: Joystick. Select a character from the top of the screen, press fire to toggle between draw & move. To change the screen & border colour, press C and then type two numbers.
Sketching 2 Pages 106-109.	?	Unexpanded	sketching2.prg Screenshot	Art program, draw simple hi-res pictures on a 64x64 pixel display. Controls: Joystick with N (new picture), C (toggle between drawing & clear modes), Q (quit).
Kaleidoscope Pages 110-112.	?	Unexpanded	kaleidoscope.prg Screenshot	Displays a colourful animation. Controls: None.
Hi-Res Demo Pages 113-115.	?	Super Expander+3K	hires demo se3k.prg Screenshot	Graphical demo, displays a high resolution pattern on the screen. Controls: None.
Bandit Pages 116-121.	PBE	Unexpanded	bar fruit.prg Screenshot	Fruit machine game. Press the number keys to stop each reel from spinning and try to get a winning combination. Controls: Z (insert coin), S (start reels spinning), 1-3 (stop that reel).
Moon Lander Pages 122-126.	?	Unexpanded	moonlander.prg Screenshot	Lunar Lander game. Land your space module on the moon without crashing or running out of fuel. Controls: 1-9 (amount of thrust, where 5 exactly counteracts gravity), 0 (no thrust).
Circle Demo Pages 127-129.	?	Unexpanded	circle demo.prg Screenshot	Graphical demo, draws two hi-res circles on the screen. Controls: None.
Hi-Res Plot Pages 130-132.	?	Unexpanded	hi-res plot.prg Screenshot	Graphical demo, draws a hi-res graph on the screen. Controls: F (draw the graph), P (draw a pixel), U (erase a pixel), E (quit).
Hangman Pages 133-140.	?	3K expansion	hangman 3k.prg Screenshot	Try to guess the hidden word before your man is hanged. Controls: Type your guess for each letter (A-Z).
Gomoku Pages 141-146.	?	3K expansion	gomoku 3k.prg Screenshot	Board game, try to get five pieces in a line before the computer. Controls: Type your move in the format Y,X (a number and letter separated by a comma).
Supermind Pages 147-152.	?	Unexpanded	supermind.prg Screenshot	Mastermind game, guess the colour of four hidden pegs. Black means you have a correct colour in the correct place and white is a correct colour in the wrong place. Controls: F1-F7 (select row), 3-8 (place colour on row), Return (enter current guess).
Conquest Pages 153-158.	B J Slade	Unexpanded	conquest.prg Screenshot	Vanquish the evil knights from the castle. Controls: A (left), D (right), * (fire).
Hi-Res Aid Pages 159-162.	Mark Bloom	3K expansion	hi-res aid 3k.prg Screenshot	Character generator, define your own user-defined graphics. Controls: Enter the XY coordinates (2-digit number) for each pixel that you want to set. Type 00 to view the finished character and display the data statements needed to produce it.
Tinymon Pages 163-169.	Jim Butterfield	Unexpanded	tinymon.t64 Screenshot	Machine language monitor. Controls: .R (display registers), .M (display memory), .G (goto address), .L (load), .S (save), .X (exit).
Racer Pages 170-175.	A Millett	Unexpanded	racer.t64 Screenshot	Vertically scrolling car game. Collect the squares and avoiding the hazards. Controls: L (left), ; (right).
Car Race Pages 176-179.	?	3K expansion	car race 3k.prg Screenshot	Race your car around the track against the computer. The first to complete 5 laps wins. Controls: W (up), X (down), A (left), D (right), Q,E,Z,C (diagonals).
Tape Search Pages 180-181.	?	Unexpanded	tape search.prg Screenshot	Utility. Modify the program to set up a list of files saved on cassette tape, then the program will help you fast-forward to the start of a chosen program. Controls: A-J (position tape for that program).

Notes

1. The book describes Space Pirates and Rubik's Cube as being for the unexpanded VIC-20, but they only work with 3K memory expansion.
2. Italian versions of the following 3 programs were published in Papersoft magazine: Racer (Corsa pericolosa, 85-09-06), Landmine (Mine nascoste, 85-09-06), Tank-v-Ufo (Tank contro Ufo, 85-11-08).
3. The following 26 programs were also published in Commodore Computing International: Breakout (p. 6-10), Find the Word (p. 11-16), Space Pirates (p. 17-21), Birds Demo (p. 25-29), Sound Effects (p. 43-46), Arrow (p. 47-51), Tank-v-Ufo (p. 52-57), Spacewar (p. 65-71), Define Keys (p. 74-76), USA Song (p. 77-81), Leap Frog (p. 85-91), Rubik's Cube (p. 92-96), Boss Puzzle (p. 97-101), Sketching 1 (p. 102-105), Sketching 2 (p. 106-109), Bandit (p. 116-121), Moon Lander (p. 122-126), Circle Demo (p. 127-129), Hi-Res Plot (p. 130-132), Gomoku (p. 141-146), Supermind (p. 147-152), Conquest (p. 153-158), Hi-Res Aid (p. 159-162), Tinymon (p. 163-169), Racer (p. 170-175), Tape Search (p. 180-181). Some programs have got a different name, and some have minor differences in the listings (e.g. different line numbers & REM statements etc).
4. Slightly different versions of Breakout (p. 6-10) were published as Breakout (Commodore Computing International, Mar 1983) and Ping Pong (VIC, Jun 1983).
5. Slightly different versions of Birds Demo (p. 25-29) were also published as VIC for the Birds (Commodore Computing International, Sep 1982), and Birds Demo (VIC, Feb 1984).
6. A slightly different version of Sound Effects (p. 43-46) appears to have been published as Musical VICs (Bits & Bytes, 82-12).
7. Tank-v-Ufo (p. 52-57) appears to be a modified version of Tank-v-Ufo (Personal Computing on the Vic-20), with different graphics.
8. Joystick Test (p. 72-73) appears to be a slightly modified version of 'Read Joystick' from Using the VIC Joystick (Home and Educational Computing!, Fall 1981). The line numbers & REM statements are different.
9. Define Keys (p. 74-76) was also published as VIC 20 Function Keys (Personal Computing Today, 82-11). The line numbers are different but most of the code is identical.
10. Slightly different/modified versions of Kaleidoscope (p. 110-112) were published as Colour Graphics (Popular Computing Weekly, 2 Dec 1982) and VIC Kaleidoscoop (VIC, 83-12).
11. Tape Search (p. 180-181) appears to be a modified version of Fast Forward on VIC Cassette (Commodore Magazine, Aug 1982).

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