Can you find your way through the maze without being destroyed by the Androids? Fast-paced, exciting game — but you must find the exit fast!
A one-player maze shoot-’em-up. You walk through a maze looking for the exit while androids hunt you; your laser and your shield (shown as laser energy and field strength) run down as you fire and are hit, and are recharged by walking over special squares. Doors let you through but stop the androids. Finding the exit ends the level with a score and a bonus. The menu offers play, a demo, a high-score table with names, and redefinable keys, and the game can be played from the keyboard or a joystick.
The code reads “SUNSHINE PRESENTS ANDROIDS” and “1982, PETER AKED”. A cartridge version is #50669 Androids (cart).
Program Analysis
The BASIC loader androids does CLEAR 30000, loads a 6,912-byte loading screen at 16384 and 8,710 bytes of code at 32768, and starts the game with RANDOMIZE USR 32780.
Potential Issues
- Line 30, the line used to make a copy, saves the loader and a 6,912-byte block from 30001 rather than the screen and the 8,710-byte game code, so a copy made with it would not load and run as the original does.
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