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Bally Alley Astrocast: Episode 11 - Hamurabi by Richard Houser
In episode 11 of the Bally Alley Astrocast, Adam is joined by his 25-year-old son Dominic. Dominic discusses his memories of growing up with an Astrocade in the house in the late-to-mid-nineties and early 2000s. Adam and Dominic review the Bally BASIC/"AstroBASIC" game Hamurabi. Recurring Links  BallyAlley.com - Bally Arcade / Astrocade Website What's New at BallyAlley.com Bally Alley Blog Orphaned Computers & Game Systems Website Bally Alley Discussion Group Bally Arcade / Astrocade Atari Age Sub-forum Bally Arcade/Astrocade High Score Club Bally Alley Astrocast Facebook Page The Classic Gaming Bookcast - By Chris Federico Some Astrocade News/Updates In this short episode, we decided not to cover any updates, as very few were made since our last recording. Introduction Notes Astrocade Multicart - Pictures of Ward Shrake's Astrocade multicart from the early 2000s. Astrocast Multicart Title - 'Title Display' by Adam Trionfo. This homebrew ROM displays an Astrocade bitmap picture. This example displays an Astrocade Multicart title screen. (Nov. 30, 2003). Astrocast Theme by Dominic Lowhar - This is an mp3 recording of the theme music for the Astrocast, a podcast for the Bally Arcade / Astrocade. Astrocast Theme Sheet Music Hamurabi Notes King Hamurabi by Richard Houser - "King Hamurabi," a Bally BASIC game appeared in Arcadian 2, no. 4 (Feb. 25, 1980): 32-33 and on the tape "Best of Arcadian - 1980." In this video, Dominic and I play a few games to help listeners of the Astrocast to better conceptualize how the game is played. 'Hamurabi' by Richard Houser - Bally BASIC Program (300-Baud) "Hamurabi" by Richard Houser - "AstroBASIC" Program (2000-Baud) "Hamurabi" by Bruce De Vries - BASIC Program Listing in "Cursor" Newsletter. "Hamurabi" by Bruce De Vries - BASIC Program Correction in "The BASIC Express" Newsletter. "King" and "Emperor" by Richard Houser - Two BASIC type-in programs that are sequels/updates for "Hamurabi." "Civilization" for the Atari ST (1993) - Richard Houser, who wrote the Astrocade version of "Hamurabi, used to sometimes play the Atari ST version of "Civilization" during the Atari User Group meetings in the mid-1990s. This is a video of this first version of the game. "Hamurabi" Hand-Printed Bally BASIC Program Listing "Hamurabi" Arcadian BASIC Program Submission - The original program submission letter for "Hamurabi" contains additional material not included anywhere else, including program subroutine breakdown and varaiables used, Atari 8-Bit Computers "Strategy - Hammurabi / Kingdom" Games - The game "Hamurabi" was popular enough in the 1970s/early-1980s that an entire genre formed around it. Here are some games of that genre that you can download from AtariMania. Feedback Sorry, there is no feedback in this episode...
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