AT THE CODFISH BALL by David Plotkin¢¢ This game is different from other¢arcade style games because it does¢not reguire supernormal reflexes to¢achieve decent scores, but instead¢concentrates on skill and timing.¢It is also a good example of how a¢game can be written in BASIC and¢still be smooth and fast.¢¢ You control "Diver Dave." He moves¢back and forth along the bottom of¢the screen under control of your¢joystick plugged into port 1. Press-¢ing the fire button releases a spear¢from Diver Dave's spear gun which¢moves up the screen until it hits a¢target or goes off the top of the¢screen. You can only have one spear¢on the screen at once.¢¢ The targets in this undersea shoot-¢ing gallery are whales, sea snakes,¢rays, soles, seahorses, sea snails¢and, of course, cod. Each hit on a¢target nets you ten points. The pro-¢gram keeps track of score, high score¢and number of remaining spears. Each¢time you clear the screen, the action¢speeds up and the number of spears¢you start with decreases. The game is¢over when all the spears are gone.¢¢
