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Keyed-Up
ANTIC, AUG 1988 PROGRAM BY RAYMOND CITAK
ANTIC'S August 1988 Super Disk Bonus is a music education program
disguised as a goofy game. Keyed-Up! gives you practice at hearing the
difference between scales in major and minor keys. As you try to keep
a bird from getting zapped on an electrified wire fence, you're
actually learning the relationship between sounds and key signatures
-- those sharps or flats at the start of a musical composition.
On the first screen you will see several options available. Use the
[OPTION] and [SELECT] keys to set the game level from 1 (easy) to 3
(difficult). You can select major keys only, minor keys only, or both.
A HELP screen, which you can switch on or off with the joystick
button, explains the scoring and shows the key signatures for the
scales. Press [START] when you are ready to play. Anytime you want to
return to the title screen, press either [RESET] or [START].
The game screen shows a fence along a highway. There are five
strands of wire on the fence -- like the five lines of the musical
staff. Between each fence post is a key signature. There are seven
sections with one to seven sharps, seven sections with one to seven
flats, and one blank section with no sharps or flats. A bird appears
in flight above the fence and a letter (indicating the first note in
the scale) appears at the lower center part of the screen.
Using the joystick, land the bird on the section of fence that shows
the correct key signature for the scale and note indicated.
If you land correctly, you gain points and a new scale will be
played. If you land on the wrong section of fence, watch the birdie --
the fence is electrified! Play continues for three minutes.
You will have to listen carefully to the scale being played to see
if you can tell the difference between the major and natural minor
scales. Beginners should first play the major option, then the minor,
to accustom their ears to the difference. (The third note of the scale
is the best one to listen for.)
To play, copy KEYEDUP.EXE to a disk which has been formatted with
DOS 2 or 2.5. (Make sure the DOS.SYS file is on the disk, too!) Rename
this copy of KEYEDUP.EXE to AUTORUN.SYS. Finally, turn off your Atari,
make sure your KEYEDUP disk is in drive one, remove all cartridges
(XL/XE owners should press [OPTION] ) and turn on your Atari. KEYED-UP
will load and run automatically.
The Keyed-Up! program consists of more than 100 sectors of assembly
language code, which would be a mind-numbing challenge to type
correctly. Author Raymond Citak is a piano instructor at the
University of Wyoming in Laramie. He is a longtime Atari programmer
making his first appearance in ANTIC.
Programmers: ANTIC wants to see your most ambitious programs, even
those too large or complex for printing as a type-in listing.
High-quality programs in any language that has a runtime version are
now eligible for consideration as a Super Disk Bonus.
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