LUNAR BUGGY by Robert Stockton

from Your Spectrum 10 (Dec.1984)



This is a fast-moving graphic game for the 48K Spectrum - and it's packed

full of all sorts of surprises!



You start off attempting to land your space craft in one of three landing

bays that have been created on the lunar surface. One of the bays is

fairly easy to land in, the other two are much more difficult ... but, of

course, you get more points for making a successful landing! The controls

you use are simple: just keys '9' and '0' to move left and right

respectively and '1' to thrust the craft skywards. You've a fuel gauge in

the top right-hand corner of the screen, and the amount of fuel you've

left once you have landed is used to calculate your score - so use it

sparingly.



Once you've made a successful landing, your craft is transported beneath

the landing bay and you get into a moon buggy and drive off across the

moon's surface in search of another moon lander. Along the way you'll find

all sorts of hazards that you'll have to jump over using the '1' key. Once

you've reached your destination, you start all over again ... only this

time it's much harder. The only thoughtful device you now have once you've

gone past level two is a laser gun mounted on your moon buggy - you'll

need that to deal with the troublesome aliens.



Lunar Buggy is like the old Moon Lander games but incorporating the more

modern Moon Patrol theme. Making use of 42 (count 'em!) user-defined

graphics, the program is a treat to look at.





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This is my slightly modified version of the Lunar Buggy program from Your

Spectrum 10 (Dec.1984). My changes are highlighted in green in the program

listing; mainly just to speed things up a bit, correct the odd little bug

- like stopping the fuel quantity going negative, adding a quit option, and

rearranging the code to make it more sequential and easier to follow. The

line numbering of some sections doesn't bear much relation to the original

listing any longer.



The game comprises a Lunar Lander phase as shown in the screen shot,

followed by a Moon Patrol phase driving across the surface of the moon to

another lander, repeating and getting tougher each time. Apparently there's

an alien to deal with from level 3, but I don't recall ever getting that

far. The full write-up from Your Spectrum is in this file.





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Another Fine Product transcribed by:

Jim Grimwood (http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/)

Weardale, England

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