About

This game was written during high school (as was the readme file, shown below)

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Bomberman v.8beta by Doug Melton
Summer 1998
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At long last, my first USGARD adventure game is here (well, almost)!

I have created Bomberman because I think it ROCKS! It's an addictive game for Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Gameboy.

Will this save the TI-85? Probably not. Seems like nobody writes ANYTHING for the TI-85 now that they've discovered how to write TI-82 asm programs (I knew all along they would find a way) and now that they write TI-86 and TI-83 programs. But you know what? Those people suck! hehe

Here's how to play:

Playing Bomberman:
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When the game starts, you are presented with a menu to start the game, or continue using a password (not implemented yet).
Press enter to start the game.

!Teacher Key! - ANY TIME during the game, you may press the ON key to exit to the TI-OS.

The object is to destroy all the enemies, while avoiding your own bomb blasts. Drop a bomb with 2nd. Collect the bonuses for cool stuff. Bonuses include:
o Bonus Bomb - adds a bomb to your stash. Allows you to drop more than 1 bomb at a time.
o Bonus bomb length - increases the effective range of your firepower.
o Trigger - allows you to be able to explode your own bombs (press F1 to detonate)
o Speed - allows you to walk faster.

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Version History:
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.3b You CANT DIE!!!
.4b The original game, without enemies
.5b-.7b Lots of new stuff added (but I forget what)
.8b The game, with 3 different enemy types and 10 levels
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Things that aren't done yet:
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> Link Play
> Grayscale
> High Scores
> More than 1 life
> Continue game using Password
> some bugs are not fixed (cuz I CANT FIND THEM!!!! !@$$$^##$@#$)

I am releasing the code so you can give me help, but please don't release it in modified form. Send all updates to me, and I will make them. This is, after all, a learning experience for me, and what good would it be if you didn't give me suggestions? Thank you very much.

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People I probably should thank (in pseudo-random order):
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Rodnay Zaks - for all the good junk in PROGRAMMING THE Z80
Andreas Ess - for some help in optimization and being cool
- and for writing USGARD
Chris Busch - for the random routine (such as it is)
Stephane Jantzen- for the ZCP routine

*my beta testors*
Russ Hanson - hanson@mcn.net
Thomas Sirgedas - sirgedast@usa.net
Roger Vandervort- vortx@erie.net

3 other guys who's names I don't know

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