Winning Games on the VIC-20 (GB)
T.P.Barrett & A.J.Jones
Ellis Horwood, 1983
Download all programs from this book on one disk:
 Winning Games.d64 |
26 programs (100% complete)
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Vicmath Pages 12-14. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | vicmath.prg Screenshot |
Mental arithmetic quiz. Solve addition, subtraction and multiplication problems. Controls: Type the correct answer. |
| Anagram (Anagram Race)  Pages 15-18. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | anagram 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. |
Money Mountain Pages 19-21. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | money mountain.prg Screenshot |
Downhill skier. Collect as much money as you can, but don't hit the trees. Controls: Joystick. |
Missile Cavern Pages 22-24. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | missile cavern.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. |
City Bomber Pages 25-27. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | city bomber.prg Screenshot |
Blitz game. Drop bombs on the buildings to land your plane safely. Controls: F1 (drop bomb). |
Munch Monster Pages 28-31. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | munch monster.prg Screenshot |
You control the ghost. Eat all the dots, and avoid falling into the holes. Controls: Joystick. |
Mine Field Pages 32-35. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | mine field.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. |
Interceptor Pages 36-39. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | interceptor.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. |
| Jumping Jehosophat (Bouncing Bob)  Pages 40-43. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | jumping jehos.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. |
| Shielder (Bomb Bouncer)  Pages 44-47. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | shielder.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. |
Crossfire Pages 48-52. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | crossfire 3k.prg Screenshot |
Move your sights to shoot the aliens. You only have 100 photon torpedoes so try to make every shot count. Controls: Joystick. |
Space Chase Pages 53-56. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | space chase.prg Screenshot |
Dock with the space station in the middle of the screen, while avoiding the heat seeking missiles. Controls: Joystick. |
SGN Demo Pages 57-60. |
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. |
Janx Spirits Pages 61-66. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | janx spirits 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 67-72. |
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. |
Bugs Pages 73-76. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | bugs.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. |
| Knight #1 (Knight Mover)  Pages 77-80. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | knight1.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. Controls: Joystick. |
| Knight #2 (Knight Mover)  Pages 81-86. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | knight2 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. |
Brix Pages 87-90. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | brix.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 91-95. |
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. |
Jump Buggy Pages 96-101. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | jump buggy 3k.prg Screenshot |
Drive your moon buggy as far as you can across the lunar surface, jumping over the potholes. Controls: Joystick (up to jump). |
Paintbox Pages 102-116. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K/16K expansion | paintbox 3k.t64 (tape version) paintbox 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. |
Sound Effects Pages 117-120. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | 3K expansion | sound fx 3k.prg Screenshot |
Plays these sound effects: Photon Attack, UFO Landing, Lone UFO, Shrill, Red Alert, Helicopter, Flanger. Controls: None. |
Utilities Pages 121-134. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | utilities.t64 Screenshot |
Collection of utility programs. Screen Demo: Three programs demonstrating techniques for displaying info on the screen. User-Defined Graphics: 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. Space Character Set: Replace all the numbers & letters with a custom font. |
M/C Joystick Pages 135-138. |
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). |
Handy Hints Pages 139-140. |
Terry Barrett & Antonia Jones | Unexpanded | scroll down.prg Screenshot |
Short routine that makes the screen scroll downwards. Controls: None. |
