THIEF
by MAX LANGERTA scrolling graphics maze adventure. Pilot a spaceship through dangerous caverns to recover stolen treasure. The BASIC program runs on all Atari computers.
You are a daring space pilot who has flown your explorer craft into
the deadly caves where stolen treasures from your planet were hidden many
centuries ago.
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EXPLORING THE CAVES
Your fuel tank can only hold 1,000 energy units. Therefore, along with
recovering treasures, you also want to pick up energy cubes for a 500-unit
recharge. Picking things up is accomplished simply by touching them. You
must pick up a treasure before you can get to the next screen.
Just for a change, there's nothing chasing you or shooting at
you down here. However...if you bump into one of the large, jagged rocks
or run out of energy your ship will explode.
And if you brush against any of the surfaces of the cave, you
lose 50 energy units. You're also sucked back to the left side of the screen
which is a problem because-you can ONLY exit the screen from the right.
GRAVITY AND SCORING
The gravity becomes heavier after every five screens. However, picking
up a treasure turns off the gravity for a while-as well as giving you 1,000
points. You also get score points for picking up energy cubes, having leftover
energy when you finish a screen, and simply staying alive...
Max Langert, 13, lives in Oakland and may well be the youngest game
programmer Antic ever published.
Program Listing: THIEF.BAS Download