Munchers: The Ultimate Timex/Sincalir Games Book
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1. Munchers: The Ultimate Timex/Sincalir Games Book
Adam Trionfo · Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:04:
I received another TS2068 book yesterday. This one is called, "Munchers: The Ultimate Timex/Sincalir Games Book" by Yin Chiu and Henry Mullish. This book covers the TS 1000, 1500 and 2068. All of the games were written in BASIC, and a few with unexpanded TS 1000 in mind (so the games are fairly primitive). The book is broken-up into three sections. The first section is for unexpanded TS1000s. The second section is for a TS 1500 (or the TS 1000 with 16K RAM Pack). The last section is for the TS 2068.
Each chapter of the book is broken into four distinct parts. They are: The Game, Program Listing, Points of Interest, and Possible Adaptions
Here is a list of the table of contents:
Chapter 0 - Getting Started
Part I - Games for the Timex/Sinclair 1000
Chapter 1 - Flash
Chapter 2 - Mastermind
Chapter 3 - Alien Zapper
Chapter 4 - Repeat
Chapter 5 - Kaleidoscope
Part II - Games for the Timex/Sinclair 1500
Chapter 6 - Wordscan
Chapter 7 - Electro-Zap
Chapter 8 - Hangman
Chapter 9 - Orbit
Chapter 10 - Scambler
Chapter 11 - Baccarat II
Chapter 12 - Munchy
Chapter 13 - Shade It In
Chapter 14 - Concentration II
Chapter 15 - Tic-Tac-Toe
Chapter 16 - Deflector
Chapter 17 - Puzzler
Chapter 18 - Super Slot
Chapter 19 - Numbers Up
Chapter 20 - Lottery
Chapter 21 - Gambler
Chapter 22 - Brain Stumper
Chapter 23 - Magic Squares
Chapter 24 - Jet Fighter
Chapter 25 - Intruders
Part III - Games for the Timex/Sinclair 2068
Chapter 26 - Color Organ
Chapter 27 - Nightfall
Chapter 28 - Star Blast
Chapter 29 - Super Sketch
Chapter 30 - Spectre Zone
Chapter 31 - Crossfire
Chapter 32 - Super Slot II
Appendixes
Appendix A - Saving Your programs on a Tape Recorder
Appendix B - Keywords
Appendix C - Graphic Symbols
Appendix D - Keyboards
That's quite a few programs, though I'd say that only a few of them interest me, mostly for the TS 2068 (as thay have color and sound!). Before I bought this book, I thought that the title game, Munchy, would be a Pac-Man clone, but it isn't. Still, it does look interesting.
In a perfect world with infinite time I would scan this book. Since this world is neither of these things I doubt that I'll scan it. Besides, these are pretty basic games (pardon the pun). Still, it's presented well and there might be a few games worth playing-- but I'm not sure if they would be worth TYPING.
Adam
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