Classic Computer Magazine Archive COMPUTE! ISSUE 30 / NOVEMBER 1982 / PAGE 14

Color For VIC Gold Miner

In COMPUTE! July 1982 you published a very good game for Atari and VIC called "Gold Miner" (p. 27). It occupied my brother and me–trying to find out how to get the most gold for our dynamite. We decided that some color would add to the game. I believe that the following lines inserted into Mr. Weber's game will make a great game even better.

 120 POKE 36879,233
 250 POKE Z,90:POKEZ + 30720,0
1020 POKE X, 102 : POKEX + 30720,2
1060 POKE I,81: POKEI, 30720,7
5101 POKE 36879, INT (RND (1) *247) + 8
5102 FORA = 1T020 : NEXT
5121 POKE 36879, INT (RND (1) *247) + 8
5122 FORA = 1T021 : NEXT
5123 POKE 36879,233
8040 POKEV, 102 = POKEV + 30720,2
8680 POKEZ, 42: POKEZ + 30720,1

David St. Romaine