Greg Buchner wrote: >> Does anyone remeber a text based game on the Apple II where you played one >> of a number of organisations attempting to claim as much space as possible - >> it used the letters A thru E (I think) for Alpha Centauri, Betelguese, >> Capella, D... and Eridani and was basically a business simulation (takeovers >> and such) set in space. > Starlanes. I thought it was something included on some of the early > disks from Apple. Still have a (modified to run longer) copy on a > Bernie ][ the Rescue volume. 8,475 bytes of Applesoft BASIC... It was entertaining, but if memory serves they had the wrong idea about stock splits (i.e. they doubled the value of the company). I found it in a couple of places in an asimov tarball: File: asimov\apple_ii\images\unsorted\game_disks_too\games6.dsk.gz Disk: DOS 3.3 Volume 254 Name Type Auxtyp Modified Format Length ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HELLO BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 28 ATOM.20.1 BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 20785 STARLANES BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 9907 SN.ILS.IN.SPACE BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 430 UFO.II BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 9823 ONE.WORLD.START BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 48 ONE.WORLD BIN $30FD [No Date] DOS 19653 ALIEN.ESCAPADE BAS $0801 [No Date] DOS 12497 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ File: asimov\apple_ii\images\unsorted\game_disks_too\games9.dsk.gz Disk: ProDOS /BSP2 Name Type Auxtyp Modified Format Length ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCI.ADV DIR $0000 30-Nov-99 00:00 ProDOS 512 *SCI.ADV:ATOM.20.1 BAS $0801 28-Sep-93 16:06 ProDOS 20785 *SCI.ADV:STARLANES BAS $0801 28-Sep-93 16:06 ProDOS 9907 *SCI.ADV:SN.ILS.IN.SPACE BAS $0801 28-Sep-93 16:06 ProDOS 430 *SCI.ADV:UFO.II BAS $0801 28-Sep-93 16:04 ProDOS 9823 SCI.ADV:ONE.WORLD.START BAS $0801 28-Sep-93 16:06 ProDOS 48 SCI.ADV:ONE.WORLD BIN $30FD 28-Sep-93 16:06 ProDOS 19653 *SCI.ADV:ALIEN.ESCAPADE BAS $0801 23-Jul-90 11:32 ProDOS 12497 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Send mail to fadden@fadden.com (Andy McFadden) - http://www.fadden.com/ CD-Recordable FAQ - http://www.cdrfaq.org/ CiderPress Apple II archive utility for Windows - http://www.faddensoft.com/ Fight Internet Spam - http://spam.abuse.net/spam/ & http://spamcop.net/