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Maxit (clone) (Announce)

posted by stabud, 11.05.2023, 10:56

This program is a clone of the Maxit DOS game created by Dell Patrick Leabo back in 1982.

Control:

Arrows right, left - to move the cursor
Space - to select a cell
Escape - Exit
Y - new game, at the end of the current game
N - exit, at the end of the current game

Rules:

Two players (a player and a computer) play on a field of 64 cells. The cells are filled with various numbers, including negative ones. Objective: To score more points than the opponent by the end of the game. There is a cursor on the field, which shows on which row or column you can select a cell. The player can only select horizontally (on a line). The computer selects a cell only vertically (on a column). The cursor moves with each move depending on the chosen cell by the opponents.

For example:
1) the computer has chosen the third cell vertically, the player can now select the desired cell only on the third line.
2) the player has chosen the seventh cell horizontally, the computer can choose the cell only on the seventh column.

When you select a cell with the desired number, the cell itself is cleared. The game ends when one of the players has nowhere to go. For example, the computer does not have cells with numbers in the column indicated by the cursor. The strategy of the game can be based not only on collecting more points, but also on reducing the number of points from the opponent due to cells with negative numbers. You can also guess the option when you have more points and choose the cell in which the computer will have no moves.

The game is written in the FreeBasic programming language and can be compiled for FreeDOS, Linux, Windows platforms. Source here. For those who want to build EXE from sources for the FreeDos system, replace the screen resolution in the lines of code:

Now:
        Screenres 500,500,32,2

        Width 500\8, 500\16
For FreeDos you need:
        Screenres 640,480,32,2

        Width 640\8, 480\16

The license is free for any task.

CWSDPMI.EXE is required to run, which of course exists in the distribution FreeDos

FreeDos binary version (EXE): Download

Complete thread:

• Maxit (clone) - stabud, 11.05.2023, 10:56 (Announce)
  • Maxit (clone) - Zyzzle, 12.05.2023, 00:00