| What we have here is some old but treasured junk - i.e. stand-alone sources of some games from the old Glaxo games package (once upon a time fairly well known amongst Prime users). |
| Except for Adventure4+, all games in this collection are written in Prime FTN (a dialect of Fortran IV) and are supplied as gzipped tarballs (or just gzipped source files, where only one file is involved). The Bomber and Startrek manuals are in the Prime Runoff format. |
| ANSI C ports also exist, for CHIMAERA, MOO, OX3D and and SUMERIA. More will follow eventually. |
| In the unlikely case of anybody wishing to build these sources on any pre-EPF Primes still in operation, I include remarks concerning the linking modes (32R, 64V or dynamic) |
| Enjoy! And if you feel like leaving a comment, please feel free to do so! |
To download any of the following, hold down the shift key, while clocking on the name of the game you want.
The proudest of the MLA production, these days known on the Net as ADV660. This is my merging (with some minor extensions and many an additional quip!) of Luckett's and Pike's AdventureII (a.k.a. ADV440) and Dave Platt's Adventure550 (a.k.a. ADV550). The above link leads to a separate downloads page, where ADV660 can be picked up.
The game is written in A-code, but C sources derived from the A-code source by an A-code to C translator, are also available from the same page. These require nothing beyond an ANSI C compiler.
Standart but with some debugging, greatly improved user interface and an occasional surprise at the home base. The gzipped tarball consists of the directory bomber, which contains:
(Works in Prime 32R mode.)
An unusual, "infinite" adventure game written by Chris Newall. The gzipped tarball consists of the directory chimaera, which contains:
(Should work in 32R.)
An original MLA production. A powerful player of one of the mankalah class of games. Consists of:
(Must be in Prime dynamic mode [64V] to allow recursion, but can be split into segment 4000.)
Like many other Lunar landers, but mass varies as the fuel is burnt - much more difficult! Consists of:
(Works in 32R.)
Variants also known as 'Grand Prix', 'Motor Racing' etc. User interface somewhat improved. Consists of:
(Works in 32R.)
Another original MLA production. MOO (alias Mastermind) supervisor and an indipendent, pretty strong player. Consists of:
(The FTN version Works in 32R.)
And yet another MLA original! :-) A powerful player of 3D Noughts & Crosses - can suggest moves or play against itself. The FTN gzipped tarball consists of the directory ox3d, which contains contains:
(The FTN version needs Prime dynamic mode [64V] but can be split into segment 4000.)
The Texas university offering much tidied up. The gzipped tarball consists of the directory startrek, which contains:
(Needs Prime 64V mode, but can be split into segment 4000.)
Good old Hamurabi made more difficult by a user transparent re-write of the internal ecology. Consists of:
(Works in 32R.)
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