* Description: This is a text-version of Wheel of Fortune based on the original BASIC code produced by Phil Katz (yes, of PKZIP) back in 1984. Adapted from his GW-BASIC PC version. Both his GW and the X16 versions are included in the zip for comparison of how some things were adapted (see the two .txt files in the zip, compare via BeyondCompare tool). This was mostly an experiment to examine some of the challenges involved in adapting to X16 BASIC.
Kept Phil's original feature of supporting up to 5 players! But used very simple sounds. Another program (MAKEDAT.BAS, included in the zip) can be used to create new versions of the FORTUNE.DAT file, which is a simple file used to randomly choose a category and puzzle from.
So feel free to create your own custom puzzles!! They can be long and have spaces; I'm not sure what the max limit to the number of puzzles in the file is-- 255, I imagine? but also limited to BASIC DIM array size, and the CBM file system.
Also kept the original flaw where you can guess vowels. Also is a flaw where even if you completely reveal the puzzle, you still have to "solve it" to count as completed.
To read his original instructions, use SHIFT+ALT to cycle the character set.
The game seems to work ok, has all the normal WoF game rules (lose turn, bankrupt, random spin, rare 5000 point bonus on round 3). Uh, just no item prizes, haha
I probably won't spend much more effort on this - as the purpose was to just get "some old BASIC program going on the X16." But would love to see improved versions with audio and sprites, adapted over the core game logic!! Text and tokenized versions are in the zip (from r43 emulator, "-bas" to load the .txt file version, or "-prg" to load the tokenized .bas file version). And runs on the DevBoard, just make sure the FORTUNE.DAT is in the same folder as the FORTUNE.PRG
Try It Now!
it'll start the emulator, but it's not autostarting the FORTUNE.BAS. So you still have to LOAD"FORTUNE.BAS" and RUN it yourself. I set the start_bas in the manifest json, so not sure what I did wrong.