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[Minima]
Code (and sprite!) by Robin Harbron
(a.k.a. Macbeth/PSW)
Music and player by Steve Judd
(a.k.a. Wyndex)
Map tiles by Per Olofsson
(a.k.a MagerValp)
(finished 2001.09.30)
The story comes from an earlier
version of the game, that was wayover
2k:
"Welcome brave knight!" says Lord
Macbeth. "I hope you can help. The 8
rings of our kingdom have been
scattered throughout the land.
Please find and return them!"
Lord Macbeth is much more terse
now that his kingdom has been reduced
to fit in 2048 bytes, but he still
wants the same thing -- for you to
find the 8 lost rings that are
scattered throughout his world. Along
the way you'll encounter terrible
creatures, towns complete with inns
and armouries, mountains, plains,
forests, lakes, rivers and even
sinister caves!
Controls:
Use the 8-bit Ultima style
movement keys:
Emulator:
<left bracket> north
<;> west
<'> east
</> south
Real Commodore:
<@> north
<:> west
<;> east
</> south
You will be prompted on screen
for any other instructions, such as
"ATTACK OR RUN?" (press <A> or <R>).
"GP" stands for Gold Pieces, and
"HP" is for "Health Points".
The combat system is loosely
based on the Fighting Fantasy
gamebook series. A better sword
doesn't cause more damage, it just
increases your chances of hitting
your enemy.
Thanks:
Steve Judd (Wyndex) for the great
tunes and player, and all the
encouragement and help with getting
this thing under 2k.
Per Olofsson (MagerValp) for the
tiles and encouragement (and always
being there on IRC!). MV also drew up
a very cool sprite for the main
character, but there really wasn't
room to include it.
Bogax for help with the random
number generator (he bettered my
routine by something like 9 bytes!).
Matthew Westcott (and anyone else?)
for organizing and getting this thing
going. You've motivated many NTSC C64
dudes (except one lamer :)
[DAVE'S MOST INNOCENT] Moi?
into coding, and that's great!
Carla and the kids for putting up
with me while working on this.
RH