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S N O W C R A Z Y
Program by Richard Derocher
Text by Dave Moorman
Soon, those who live in the
northern latitudes will be able to don
snow suits, gloves, scarves, and ski
masks and either knock over a local
convenience store or get into a great
snow ball war. At my age, by the time
I have done all that donning, I'm
ready for a hot totty and a good book
by the fire.
So, thanks to Richard Derocher,
LOADSTAR offers you a real alternative
to braving the winter wonderland. Snow
Crazy lets you smack opponents with
icey orbs for hours at a time --
without any worry of frostbite or cold
particles sliding down your neck.
WARNING: This program will [not] in
any way assist you in nefarious
activities at your local convenience
store. So don't even try!
Richard sent me this great reflex
game back in 2001 when we first took
over the Tower. I tried it on my PC
with VICE. It did not work. Later, as
I got my C-64 equipment up and
working, I gave the game a shot on the
real stuff, and found it exciting and
challenging. But the fact that it
wouldn't work on VICE gave me pause.
This is a game produced on Shoot
'Em Up Construction Kit, which is a
great way to get a lot of action with
a minimum of programming. Such
compositions are an excellent way for
novice game designers to try their
hand at the art-form. I would like to
see more!
Alas, the game does not return to
LOADSTAR. However, as I was putting on
the Does Not Return boot, I happened
to realize that I normally run VICE in
PAL mode. I switched over to NTSC and
Snow Crazy ran like a dream. A [cold]
dream! So the problem is [not] VICE,
it is PAL.
PAL people -- we are sorry you
won't get to play Snow Crazy. On the
otherhand, many of your masterpieces
jump and jitter on NTSC C-64s. So it
works both ways.
Thanks again to Richard for a
great piece of software.
DMM
PS -- I just got another SEUCK
production from Josh and Richard. Be
prepared for some more thumb-spraining
fun -- Coming Soon!