This is great!
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Too bad the game is unfun and makes no sense.
But the nostalgia makes up for those minor issues.
Man , this takes me back .... :D
I actually just figured everyone read /. in addition to Sharky's.
Teh arrow stabbers!
You see this game isn't about the pretence of combat, it's about gettin it done. My victory over each dragon is swift and complete...the issues of it's art are unimportant due to the symbolic nature of it's simplistic layout.
My dude is a green blob square tho. :confused:
Awesume :)
I always loved that game.. thanks Boogs.. :D
Edit:
The PDF file from the original creator on what was involved in making the original is even better :)
What a huge pain the the butt to generate a screen.. No frame buffer.. the TIA chip in the 2600 only had a scan line buffer.. sheesh..
He had 17 bytes left on 4096 words :) lol