CATS Library Tape 1

Date: 1988
Type: Cassette
Platform(s): TS 2068

Volume 1 of the Capital Area Timex Sinclair Users Group (CATS) 2068 software library: games, with card games and arcade conversions alongside Star Trek. The CATS newsletter article “The CATS 2068 Library” describes the volume. HIDDENWORD was submitted by George Mockridge of the Pacific Users Group, and SpaceWar is by CATS member Mark Fisher.

The download has a TAP and a TZX of each of 20 programs, a TAP of the tape and a WAV recording. The tape TAP holds 18 of them in the order below, plus twists, a puzzle in which keys rotate the rows and columns of a 4×4 grid of coloured squares; the article describes it as restoring a Rubik’s Cube face before time runs out. Twists is not among the separate files. Blackjack, Cribbage and Tic Tac Toe are separate files only. The article also lists DATE and SAILING, which are not in the download.

Programs on the Tape

  • TRAIN: a train game with a scrolling track, collision detection and sound (also #51944 Train)
  • keno: Keno: pick 10 numbers from 81 (Bob Howard, WA6DLI) (also #51952 Keno)
  • SpaceWar: a two-player space duel with proximity-fused missiles, joystick control and a machine code block (Mark Fisher) (also #54507 Space War)
  • tag: chase a randomly wandering square with four keys (also #54508 Tag)
  • Egg Savior: rescue eggs one by one past laser-cannon fire (Peter Shaw) (also #54509 Egg Savior)
  • hunchy: Hunchy: five screens of castle ramparts, snipers and ropes to rescue Esmeralda (also #54510 HUNCHY)
  • Star Trek: the Star Trek game, with sprite graphics, sound effects and a save option (also #51994 Star Trek)
  • bricks: Brick-Yard Bill: move Bill around the yard without hemming himself in with bricks (also #53789 Brick-Yard Bill)
  • bridge: Bridge Builder: drop bridge sections from a helicopter, with a high-score table (also #54511 Bridge Builder)
  • deathrace: Death Race: a timed car chase with UDG sprites (Peter Shaw) (also #55876 Death Race)
  • breakout: Demolition, a BASIC Breakout game with selectable speed (also #54514 Demolition)
  • angels: Hell’s Angels, a space-invaders game against angels and demons (also #51943 Hell’s Angels)
  • minotaur: a first-person 3-D maze: collect three hidden weapons and escape the Minotaur (also #54512 MINOTAUR)
  • moonland: Moonlander: land on a series of lunar pads with rotation and thrust (also #73020 Moonlander (CATS))
  • word: HIDDENWORD: hides your words in a grid in eight directions, to screen or printer (George Mockridge) (also #54517 HIDDENWORD)
  • q-bert: Q-Bert: diagonal moves across a board, collecting eggs and dodging two enemies, with a machine code block (also #67619 QBert)
  • poker: five-card draw poker against the computer (Hans Meier, Werner Kaelin) (also #73019 Cards)
  • blackjack: Blackjack with card graphics and variable bets (Werner Kaelin) (also #54518 Blackjack)
  • cribbage: Cribbage against the computer, with pegging, a crib board and an optional muggins rule (also #54516 Cribbage)
  • tictactoe: tic-tac-toe in which you set how often the computer plays its best move (also #73018 Tic Tac Toe (CATS))

Content

Blackjack

Program

A fully featured Blackjack game deals graphical playing cards from a shuffled 52-card deck, with aces, blackjacks, five-card tricks, and variable betting all handled correctly.

Brick-Yard Bill

Program

Guide Bill through a brick-filled yard using cursor keys — but if every neighboring cell gets blocked, the game's over and your percentage score is tallied.

Bridge Builder

Program

Drop bridge sections with split-second timing, survive near misses with a rescue helicopter, and fight for a spot on the scrolling high-score table in this action game.

Cards

Program

Five-card draw poker against the computer, with card graphics, swapping up to four cards, betting limits and a starting stake.

Cribbage

Program

A fully playable Cribbage game with a computer AI opponent, complete with pegging, hand counting, a crib board display, and an optional muggins rule.

Death Race

Program

A timed car-chase game with custom UDG sprites, SCREEN$-based collision detection, and a randomly wandering enemy that you must hunt down before the clock runs out.

Demolition

Program

A configurable-speed Breakout clone uses SCREEN$ collision detection and custom UDG sprites to smash colored brick rows with a bouncing ball.

Egg Savior

Program

Guide your character through laser-cannon fire to rescue eggs one by one, depositing each safely before lives run out in this joystick-driven arcade game.

Hell's Angels

Program

Your unenviable task to once again defend the Earth from the alien hordes - this time in the shape of angels from Hell and then by a number of demons.

HIDDENWORD

Program

This BASIC puzzle generator hides your chosen words in a grid across eight directions, fills blank cells with random letters, and sends the result to screen or printer.

HUNCHY

Program

Guide a hunchback hero across castle ramparts through five unique screens, dodging snipers and swinging on ropes to rescue Esmeralda in this joystick-driven action game.

Keno

Program

Pick 10 numbers from a field of 81 in this casino-style Keno game, where matching all 10 pays out at one-million-to-one odds.

MINOTAUR

Program

Navigate a first-person 3D maze, collect three hidden weapons, and survive a wandering enemy in this text-and-graphics dungeon crawler.

Moonlander (CATS)

Program

Land a craft on a series of lunar pads with rotation and thrust controls, watching speed and fuel, across a sequence of landscapes.

QBert

Cartridge

Guide your hero diagonally across a hazardous board, collecting eggs and dodging two enemies, in this faithful arcade conversion with joystick support and a high-score table.

Space War

Program

A two-player space duel with proximity-fused missiles, joystick control, and clever state-packing inside a string array — all in BASIC.

Star Trek

Program

A fully playable Star Trek game with custom sprite graphics, synthesized sound effects, procedural galaxy generation, and a mid-game save feature awaits your command.

Tag

Program

Can you catch a randomly wandering target using just four keys before it slips away again in this quick block-graphics chase game?

Tic Tac Toe (CATS)

Program

Tic-tac-toe against the computer, where you set the probability that the computer plays its best move and the number of games in a match.

Train

Program

Guide trains across a scrolling track, using collision detection and sound effects, before the next locomotive arrives — can you beat your score?

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Capital Area Timex Sinclair Users Group Downloadable TS 2068 Collection