Date   : Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:30:38 +0100
From   : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: Classic train game for the BBC Micro?

Duh!
Sorry, should real ALL the replies first!
Colin Hill
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From: "Colin" <cwhill@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Classic train game for the BBC Micro?


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Richard_Talbot-Watkins@...>
> To: <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Classic train game for the BBC Micro?
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> > > Hi everyone.
> > > I'm trying to track down a very old issue of Acorn User magazine
> > > - from the mid-80's when the BBC Micro ruled the roost. I can't
> > > remember anything more about it that the game and article I'm
> > > looking for. Don't suppose this jogs anyone's memory does it? :
> >
> > "The Train Game" was in Acorn User Jan 84, as pointed out by others, but
> > was "remixed" in a much later edition (early 90's) with a faster machine
> > code track layer and rewritten for clarity.  Unfortunately, I can't
> > remember which issue it was in - it was probably in the "Pieces of
Eight"
> > section, where they revisited classic 8-bit type-ins from the past.  I
> just
> > remember the comment that the original code was so unintelligable with
> > GOTOs and meaningless variable names that a rewrite was in order.  The
> > rewrite was better in that you could watch the track being built up,
> > including all its failed attempts at track placement, nice and quickly.
> > Anyone else remember this?
> >
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> I don't suppose anyone has made an image of this for use with an emulator?
> It sounds fun.
> Colin Hill (Beebless at present)
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