C Games



In the past I wrote some games for my Acorn Atom emulating Atom-in-PC card. Sometimes I want to play these games again, on my Linux system. As I don't have an Atom-in-PC Terminal program I ported these games to the Linux operating system. Some of them are also available for MS-DOS. Of course the run much faster now...

For most games the instructions for compiling them are included at the accompanying readme files.

Please select one of these games in the navigation bar.

Remark: I found out that some functionality provided on this page doesn't work at every version of Linux, it's distribution or specific library. I cannot guaranty that these programs always compile and run correctly. Use them on your own risk.

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Memory

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Memory

Memory is played with 1 to 4 players. The main difference between this memory game and most of the others is the number of equal cards to be found. Most games are played with two cards, but in this game you might remember the position of up to 24 cards.


You can start the game by running the `memory' executable. In the first screen you select the number of players. The second screen asks for each players name. In the third screen you select the number of equal cards.


Tip: play this game using three or four same cards against some children of 6 or 7 years old. You might find out you're getting older ;-)


As the program uses svgalib, it only runs with root privileges. You need a mouse for playing the game.


Download: Linux version (incl. Source)


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Triples

When you start the game you can rotate the playbar left and right using the < and > keys. Drop the playbar by pressing the space bar.


The purpose of the game is to build the goals shown at the right side of the playing grid. These goals are a number of horizontal, vertical, diagonal up and diagonal down connected blocks of the same color. The first rounds you need to have minimal 3 connected blocks. While playing the game the number of colors increases. After eleven rounds the minimum number of connected blocks increases also. Later on, the playing time decreases. Totally there are 880 levels.


You earn points for every set of connected blocks. The length is equal to the number of points earned. When completing your goals the remaining time is added to your score.


You need SVGALIB for playing this game.


Update: I modified the source somewhat and now it is compiled with Borland C v3.00 for MS-DOS. It also runs in a Dos-box in Windows. The compiled executable and source are in the download directory.


Download: Linux version (incl. Source)       DOS version (incl. Source)


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Memory

Triples




Last update: novemer 12, 2000