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CHICKEN-XL
PROGRAM BY STAN OCKERS
ARTICLE BY ANTIC ED
(From the July '87 Antic)
(synopsis)
Chicken is a smooth "Frogger"-type game that originally
appeared in the first issue of Antic. This BASIC program
works on all 8-bit Atari computers of any memory size, with
disk or cassette.
We're proud that so many readers have been with us for
the entire five years of Antic Magazine's publication.
However, most people discovered Atari computers and Antic
considerably more recently. Now you won't miss out on the
classic programs from Antic's early years. Our newest
department -- the Antic Hall of Fame -- will reprint
outstanding programs from the issues we published five years
ago.
Actually, the Hall of Fame will do more than simply
reprint classic Antic programs. Without changing anything
about the way these programs look or run, we will re-edit the
listings to ensure that they work on today's XL and XE models
-- and also to ensure that typing them is made as easy as
possible.
It's a pleasure to begin the Hall of Fame with Stan
Ockers' Chicken from April 1982, the very first issue of
Antic. Though now less active than he used to be, Ockers is
probably the best known and most prolific programmer of Atari
public domain games. He still lives in Lockport, Illinois,
but his games usually premiere in the newsletter of the
Eugene (Oregon) ACE. He has resisted offers to turn pro and
gives all his games to public domain, refusing to accept
payment for them.
Ockers' smooth, inventive games are state-of-the-art
Atari BASIC and highlighted this magazine's early issues.
His last appearance in Antic was Crickets, September 1985.
Games by Stan Ockers can be found on no less than four public
domain disks from The Catalog. (PD001, PD003, PD004, PD005.
$10 each.)
Other public domain programmers have tinkered with the
original Chicken listing. So unfortunately many current
versions do not work correctly on the XL/XE computers.
However, the listing published in this issue is the "pure"
version that Ockers recently sent us at our request, and it
works just fine on the XL and XE.
CHICKEN REVISITED
This gem was a clever BASIC adaptation of the popular
"Frogger" format. What follows is the original 1982 text for
Chicken -- A Great Game:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To lay an egg.
Actually, our chicken is trying to score points by
getting safely across this busy highway. Each time he makes
it adds to his score, but the cars go faster and faster. If
he gets hit, the SPCA sends an ambulance and the cops slow
the traffic for a while.