Archive for the ‘Ludography’ Category

Solitaire

Saturday, February 13th, 1982

This game was called patience, solitaire to the American visitors to this site, and was the classic Klondike solitaire rule set. It was written for the fully expanded Acorn Atom and used Mode 4 colour graphics if you had the colour graphics board. — Justin Lloyd

Video Blackjack

Saturday, February 13th, 1982

This was a video blackjack game for Windows 95. At the time it was written it was considered a premium game and retailed for over $35. I believe the rights have been sold many times and you can now find this game on an eGames CD-ROM. — Justin Lloyd

Wumpus Hunt

Saturday, January 23rd, 1982

This game was a clone of Hunt the Wumpus. I wrote it for the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX81, and later ported it to the BBC Micro over a quiet Christmas one year, I added rudimentary graphics for the BBC Micro version. I recall that the BBC Micro version was only ever sold locally within my home town, primarily at Cardiff Microcomputers. I never managed to get a distribution deal for the BBC Micro version, this is probably attributable to the name and the fact that it was such a simple game. — Justin Lloyd

Fruit Machine

Friday, February 13th, 1981

A simple fruit machine. It started life as a text only game for the Acorn Atom and later got a revision with graphics. — Justin Lloyd