Lightsaver magazine game

[amidarman]

Is a copy of this game available online?  It was published by Compute magazine in issue #52 -- https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue52/314_1_LIGHTSAVER.php

[_The Doctor__]

https://archive.org/details/1984-09-compute-magazine/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

type in section is in here.

 

some other things

Edited March 11, 2023 by _The Doctor__

[www.atarimania.com]

I checked a bit everywhere and just couldn't find the game. Any volunteers to type in both parts so it could be added to the database?

[Atari_Ace]

Here's the listings that I validated against the checksums except for a handful of lines with inverse characters.  Hopefully of some use.

 

 

 

 

ls.txt

[adam242]

Downloaded Atari_Ace's .txt files, removed the checksums, fixed inverse video characters, fixed line 1046 in Program 3 to actually work...

 

Save both files to D1: and run PROG3.BAS to play the game.

 

 

prog4.bas

prog3.bas

Edited March 15, 2023 by adam242
corrected program listing

[www.atarimania.com]

Thanks for your support, I'll add this to our database today or tomorrow 

[www.atarimania.com]

Why wait? Here it is:

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-lightsaver_41153.html

[_The Doctor__]

Nice concept for the game. Wish the color choices would have been to make the bulbs the light-bulbs blue and the catcher red. Much more natural in that way.

 

@www.atarimania.com, maybe some screen shots from the magazine, and it's write up about game play etc. It might haz a picturez and such.

 

heh, looks like a better conversion could / would need to be done though, character graphics were not fully ported over and screen layout as well. I wonder what the 10 liners crew might do.

Edited March 15, 2023 by _The Doctor__

[adam242]

9 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said:

Nice concept for the game. Wish the color choices would have been to make the bulbs the light-bulbs blue and the catcher red. Much more natural in that way.

 

 Agreed. It's always a bit disappointing when programmers don't even bother to stray from the gold/ blue/ green/ red default palette. Still not a bad Kaboom! clone. I would've enjoyed this one as a kid.