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Article #2476New versions of PillBottle, Columns, and PacMan
From: Don Yacktman
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:29
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:29
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Hello to all of you who like to play games on the NeXT! I have recently placed updated versions of my games in the submissions directories of nova.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Here's a brief description of the changes to all three (PacMan, Columns, and PillBottle). If you are a registered user of Columns or PillBottle, you may request the source code for either one. If you requested source already, but have not yet received it, please send me another e-mail message. My file that was tracking who to send the sources to got blasted by a stupid HPUX trick, and so I need to know where to send the files! I will be sending the source as NeXTmail. As always, direct any questions to me at yackd@wombat.ee.byu.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------- PacMan: Bug fix: The high score system shouldn't crash the game anymore when given long names. ----------------------------------------------------------- Columns: The same as in PacMan. ----------------------------------------------------------- PillBottle: Well, I am finally at a release level that merits a 1.0. The graphics are now 2X faster, which means that although the game runs at the same speed, it doesn't suck up _all_ your CPU resources on the advanced levels. The disadvantage to the new drawing method is that it's RAM-hungry. (It wants about 2-3 M on a color system for all the buffers.) There's also a _real_ bottle for you to play in! ----------------------------------------------------------- The file names are, specifically: Columns2.1.app.tar.Z PacMan1.2.tar.Z PillBottle1.0.app.tar.Z and they are located in /pub/next/submissions on both nova( or sonata).cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Well, try out the new versions and let me know what you think of them. I've you've already requested a feature, and it hasn't shown up yet, don't panic! I'm working as fast as I can of these, but there's only so much spare time in the day! Later, -Don Yacktman yackd@wombat.ee.byu.edu
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Nntp-Posting-Host: alaska.et.byu.edu Lines: 67 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!news.byu.edu!news Message-ID: <x2@byu.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 17:29:12 MDT From: yackd@alaska.et.byu.edu (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Distribution: world Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA Subject: New versions of PillBottle, Columns, and PacMan Keywords: Games, PillBottle, Columns, PacMan, NeXT