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7-Jan-2017
The Rainbow Book of BASIC Programs
Added 20 new programs: Pyramid Race, Dungeon, Sum Trouble, Primes, Madam I'm Adam, Steps and Leaps, Crossnumber 1, Crossnumber 2, Midsummer's Eve, Codemaker, High-Low, Magic Squares, Mindread, Air Rescue, Swap, Anyday, The Dishonest Governor, Mastermind, Pickup Sticks, Star Course.
4-Feb-2017
The Rainbow Book of BASIC Programs
Added 18 new programs: Conversion, Average Speed, Fly Ball, Hot & Cold Temperatures, Tumbledice, Fast Brakes, Pay As You Go, Moon, Pinball, Canute, Lastword, Code, Wordgrid, Anagram, Wordking, Jotto, Squares, Letters.
4-Mar-2017
Home Computing Weekly magazine
Added 22 new programs: 3D Shapes (84-01-17), Galaxy (84-05-22), Pilot 20 (84-05-22), VIC-20 ROM Error (84-05-22), Draw Masterpieces The Easy Way (84-05-29), Scramble (84-06-05), Defender (84-06-05), Spider Trap (84-06-12), Wild West Gunfight (84-06-19), Race Car (84-07-03), Quasimodo (84-07-10), Greenham Common (84-07-31), Screen Extended (84-08-14), Draw With Your VIC (84-09-04), Find pi (84-09-04), Wall Street (84-09-18), Screen Scene (84-09-18), Escape From Orion (84-10-02), VIC Piano Keys (84-10-30), The Walls (84-10-30), Diver (84-10-30), Martian Attack (84-10-30).
1-Apr-2017
Big K magazine
Updated 1 program: Maze of Gold 83-11 (fixed typing errors in Maze of Gold2.prg).
Converted 2 multipart programs into T64 format: Maze of Gold (83-11), Egg Eater (84-03). These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
Home Computing Weekly magazine
Added 21 new programs: Wine Tasting (83-11-15), Astro Wars (84-11-06), Character Enlarger (84-11-27), Catch 'Em (84-12-04), Bone Hunt (84-12-11), Interfacing machine code to BASIC (84-12-11), Mollie Malone (85-01-08), Battle Ships (85-01-15), Grid Man (85-01-22), Sabeus (85-01-29), Helping Hand (85-01-29), Power Racer (85-02-26), Fast and Furious (85-03-12), Light Cycles (85-03-26), Easter Time (85-04-02), Squashed Frog (85-05-07), Calendar (85-06-11), Graphic Editor (85-06-11), Vampire (85-06-25), Puzzle Prog (85-06-25), Mutant Attack (85-08-27).
Converted 7 multipart programs into T64 format: Catch 'Em (84-12-04), Sabeus (85-01-29), Power Racer (85-02-26), Fast and Furious (85-03-12), Light Cycles (85-03-26), Squashed Frog (85-05-07), Vampire (85-06-25). These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
29-Apr-2017
Big K magazine
Updated 1 program: Hare Lifts 84-07 (fixed typing errors and joystick controls).
Commodore Horizons magazine
Updated 1 program: Moles 84-01 (fixed typing errors).
Computer & Video Games magazine
Updated 1 program: Alpha Attack 83-02 (fixed typing errors).
Home Computing Weekly magazine
Updated 1 program: Calendar 85-06-11 (fixed typing errors).
Pixel magazine
Added 9 new programs: Alpha Attack (83-10), Snake Byte (83-10), Striker's Revenge (83-10), 3-D Maze (83-10), Seahawk (83-10), The Kingdom of Cedrick (84-05), Flags (84-07), UFO (85-01), Moles (85-02).
Popular Computing Weekly magazine
Added 1 new program: Striker's Revenge (83-03-10).
27-May-2017
Computer & Video Games magazine
Converted 21 multipart programs into T64 format: Moonshuttle (82-07), Logger (83-04), Protector (83-06), Brick-up (83-08), Super Nibblers (83-08), Vic Quest (83-09), Pirates & Polyps (83-12), Turnip Turmoil (84-01), Minefield (84-04), Galactic Space Academy (84-06), Heli-Bomber (84-07), Rox 20 (84-07), Tunnel Snatch (84-08), Killer Kong (84-09), Trailer (84-10), Diver (85-02), Hero (85-03), Starship Victory (85-04), Breakout (85-07), Timebomb (85-07), Truckie (85-12). These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
Games For Your VIC20
Added 32 new programs: New Kid in Town, Combat, Trail Blazer, Piano 2001, Sketchpad, Amaze, Wumpus, Digit-Dodge, Tail Gunner, Space Dock, Golf, Breakout, Moonbase, Life, Fruit Machine, Spots From Outer Space, Destroyer, Car Race, Sub Chase, Reversi, Apollo II, Sound Effects, Hangman, Simon, Blackjack, Ski Run, Diamond Glory, Zombies, Micro Music, Rat Trap, Jupiter Run, Vogon.
24-Jun-2017
Big K magazine
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Compute!'s First Book of VIC Games
Updated 1 program: The Hawkmen of Dindrin (fixed typing errors in Hawkmen2.prg).
Converted 3 multipart programs into T64 format: Lost Fox, Grand Prix Foo, The Hawkmen of Dindrin. These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Computer & Video Games magazine
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as two D64 files.
Vic Computing magazine
Added 12 new programs: Using Cassettes (82-10), Find (82-12), Using Joysticks (82-12), Flyover (82-12), An Introduction to User-Defined Graphics (82-12), Functions (82-12), Column Print (82-12), Stardate Clock (82-12), Rising Screen (82-12), Input (82-12), Remove RAM (82-12), Bug Demo (82-12).
Converted 2 multipart programs into T64 format: Flyover (82-12), Mother Hen (83-02). These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
22-Jul-2017
More than 32 Basic Programs for the VIC 20 Computer
Updated 1 program: Mileage (fixed typing errors).
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Personal Computer News magazine
Added 20 new programs: Spider (83-04-01), Character Set (83-04-22), Vic Suppression and Corruption (83-05-06), Pirate Island (83-06-22), Big Screen (83-07-06), Print At (83-07-06), Vic Screens Into Place (83-07-13), Speed Race (83-07-27), A ROM Do On The Vic (83-08-03), Collection (83-08-03), Starship (83-08-24), Straight to the Point (83-09-07), Vic Clock Goes Faster (83-09-14), Home Accounts (83-09-21), Give Your Vic Some Stick (83-10-19), Programming Sound (83-11-02), Count (83-11-02), Men/Arith (83-11-02), Grid Bike (83-12-21), Xmas Eve (84-01-04).
Converted 1 multipart program into T64 format: Grid Bike (83-12-21). This T64 version has been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
Sixty Programs for the VIC 20
Updated 5 programs: Fixed typing errors in Defend, Champsionship Boxing, Pay Packets, Toptrainer, Sheepdog Trials.
Converted 5 multipart programs into T64 format: Flying Bomb, Alien, Blitz, Chomper, Grand Prix. These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as two D64 files.
19-Aug-2017
Personal Computer News magazine
Added 11 new programs: U.F.O. (84-03-10), Ape King (84-04-07), Protecting Against the Break-ins (84-05-05), Vic Goes Into Reverse (84-05-26), Gothic and Greek (84-08-04), Picture Pro (84-10-06), Flash a Message (84-10-20), Scroll Mode (84-10-20), Handy Routine (85-02-02), Easy Writer (85-02-09), Hires Screen Dumps (85-03-23).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
The Penguin Book of VIC 20 Games
Updated 1 program: Red Alert (fixed typing errors).
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
VicTape Computing magazine
Added all 9 programs from issue 1: Introduction 1, Hunter, The Big One, Multicolour Magic, Line Up, Vic-Res, Big Characters, Defuze, Wraithquest.
16-Sep-2017
Computer Games to Play and Write
Added 17 new programs: Christmas Time, Red Alert!, Spy Codes, Ring-a-Ring O'Robot, Nim, From the Depths of Time, Galaxy Hitch-hike, Planet Lander, Animal, Silo Raid, Haunted House, Escape, Space Dogfight, Death Raid, Cowboys and Indians, Sabotage, Using Sound.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
VIC Innovative Computing
Updated 3 programs: Warlock, Dragon's Lair, Invasion (fixed typing errors).
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
VicTape Computing magazine
Added all 15 programs from issue 2: Introduction 2-1, Headscratchers Club 1, Clear-Round, Quickie, Vic-44, Trailer, Strip 'Em, Adloader, Toolbox 1, Introduction 2-2, Screen Dump, Hotline, Address-Book, Move-Basic, Clear-Round 16K.
14-Oct-2017
50 Outstanding Programs for the VIC 20
Added 56 new programs: Zombie Island, Lodestar/3-D Maze, Roulette, Spacetrek, Reaction, Quack, Billboard, Magic Square, Simon, Monte Carlo Molecule, Biorhythms, Cannibal Charlie, Othello, Dr Watson & Dr Audio, Zodiac Fortune Teller, Tranquility Base, Vincent Van Vic, Craps, Speedway, Treacle Balls, Engulf, Tight Squeeze, Fruit Machine, Reverse, Sepulchre Organ, Traffic Jam, Long John Silver, Breakout, Night on a Wild Mountain, Space Fighter, Noughts and Crosses, Mastermind, Colourmind, Victim, Motorcycle Jump, Monza, Mento, Time Guardian, Superbowl, Gomoku, Fairway, Robot Nim, Zauper Attack, Vic-et-un, Evolution, Superpoet, Symphony for a Melancholy Computer, Symphony for a Melancholy Computer with Zen Show, VIC Checkers, Jelly Bean Space Swarm, Hangman, Hangman 11, Antihang, Flip, Battle, Caveman.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Zap! Pow! Boom! (UK)
Updated 4 programs: Gunfight, Star Trek, Astro Wars, Xyloid. (Fixed typing errors.)
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Zap! Pow! Boom! (US)
Updated 37 programs: Monster Maze, Hyperspace Escape, Alien Maurauders, Marathon, Wizard, Tail Gunner, Astro Wars, 3-D Maze, Brands Hatch, Gomoku, Earth Defense, Nightmare Castle, Checkers, Danger Star, Reversi, Fruit Machine, Dr Watson & Dr Audio, Long John Silver, Victim, Evolution, Codebreaker, Fairway, Zauper Attack, Caveman, Lodestar/3-D Maze, Vincent Van Vic, Monza, Cannibal Charlie, Noughts and Crosses, Battle, Reverse, Zodiac Fortune Teller, Spacetrek, Billboard, Quack, Simon, Roulette. (Most of these fixed minor typing errors, such as inserting a space to match the printed listing.)
Added the missing joystick versions of 2 programs: Traffic Jam, Speedway.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
11-Nov-2017
Compute!'s Second Book of VIC Games
Updated 1 program: Castle Dungeon (fixed typing errors in Castle Dungeon2.prg).
Converted 4 multipart programs into T64 format: Hardhat Climber, Frantic Fisherman, Castle Dungeon, Shooting Gallery. These T64 versions have been slightly modified so that each part will load automatically from tape or disk.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Vic Computing magazine
Added 1 program: Renumber (82-12).
VicTape Computing magazine
Added all 11 programs from issue 3: Introduction 3, Headscratchers Club 2, Lurker, Morse-Code, Toolbox 2, Morris and the Computer Factory, Merger, Return Call 1, Super Morse, Assembler, Rampage.
9-Dec-2017
Games For Your VIC20
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Vic Computing magazine
Added 7 new programs: Benchmark Tests (83-02), Reconfiguration (83-02), A Talking Vic (83-02), Graphics Primer Pt1 (83-02), Tinymon Vindicated! (83-02), Function Keys (83-02), Music Bug (83-02).
Updated 1 program: Mother Hen 83-02 (fixed typing errors in Mother Hen1 & 2.prg).
VicTape Computing magazine
Added all 16 programs from issue 8: Introduction 8, Return Call 6, Xmas Games, Quassy, Contact, Griddion, Deathstar, Invader Fall, Moto Race, Machine Code 2, Toolbox 7, Basic Dictionary 2, Haunted Manor, Xmas Carols, User File, End.
We have added 298 new programs this year, and ended the year with 1,636 programs in the collection.
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