Dodge spears, crevasses and rolling barrels in this entertaining version of the Hunchback, written to Andy Charalambous.
Getting The Hump
Dodge spears, crevasses and rolling barrels iin this entertaining version of the Hunchback, written by Andy Charalambous
The Castle, for the Sinclair Spectrum is a version of the Hunchback arcade game, where you have to make your way through a number of screens to rescue Esmeralda.
In the case of The Castle there are seven screens with varying difficulty levels. You play the part of the hunchback, and you must move along the castle walls, avoiding spears, crevasses and rolling barrels.
You start with three lives, and you're awarded one extra life for rescuing Esmeralda. There's a
time limit for each screen, and failure to complete the screen within this limit results in your
losing a life.
A super bonus is awarded if you complete five screens without losing a life, but you'll have
trouble doing this.
The game is written in Basic, but is quite fast enough to keep you busy - the animation of the
hunchback is particularly worth watching.
Variables Used
h
Jump variable. When h=0 the Hunchback jumps up, when it's 1 he goes down
q$
Instructions
t
Time left
sb
Number of screens cleared without losing a life
Li
Lives left
Sc
Score
p
Direction Hunchback is facing in
j,b
Coordinates of Hunchback
x,y
Coordinates of obstacles
Wa
Screen
l
Position of rope (screen 2)
No
Horizontal position of guard with spear up
Program Notes
2-30
Prints instructions
50-80
End of game routine
90
Set up UDGs
100-111
Data for graphics
150
Sets up screen attributes
200-299
Subroutine for screen 1
300-370
Subroutine for screen 2
410-415
Subroutine for screen 3
420
Fall routine
500-599
Subroutine for screen 4
640-699
Subroutine for screen 5
700-799
Subroutine for screen 6
800-849
Subroutine for screen 7
850-897
Rescue Esmeralda subroutine
850
Defines graphics for heart and makes border flash
860
Data for heart
870
Prints heart on screen
890-896
Play tune
897
Awards extra life, extra bell towards super bonus and restarts game from screen 1
905-910
Set up variables
911
Checks to see if super bonus has been won
912-920
Set up more graphics and goes to subroutine to draw current screen
930-935
Print score, lives left
942-944
Print bell
945
Sets up variables
946-947
Draw castle on lower part of screen and shows position of Hunchback
950
Prints Hunchback on left hand side of screen
1000-1999
Main loop
1100
Checks if key 1 has been pressed, and moves Hunchback to the left
1200
Checks if key 0 has been pressed, and if so jumps
1400
Checks to see if Hunchback has reached the bell, and if so, increases score by the amount of time left
12th January 1985