Animal guessing game with only 4 creatures.
Appears on
Library tape of the Indiana Sinclair Timex User’s Group.
Source Code
5 REM pangolins 7 CLS : POKE 23658,8 10 LET nq=100: REM number of questions and animals 15 DIM q$(nq,50): DIM a(nq,2): DIM r$(1) 20 LET qf=8 30 FOR n=1 TO qf/2-1 40 READ q$(n): READ a(n,1): READ a(n,2) 50 NEXT n 60 FOR n=n TO qf-1 70 READ q$(n): NEXT n 100 REM start playing 110 PRINT "THINK OF AN ANIMAL"';#1;"Press any key to continue" 120 PAUSE 0 130 LET c=1: REM start with first question 140 IF a(c,1)=0 THEN GO TO 300 150 LET p$=q$(c): GO SUB 910 160 PRINT "?": GO SUB 1000 170 LET in=1: IF r$="y" THEN GO TO 210 180 IF r$="Y" THEN GO TO 210 190 LET in=2: IF r$="n" THEN GO TO 210 200 IF r$<>"N" THEN GO TO 150 210 LET c=a(c,in): GO TO 140 300 REM animal 310 PRINT "ARE YOU THINKING OF" 320 LET P$=Q$(C): GO SUB 900: PRINT "?"' 330 GO SUB 1000 340 IF r$="y" THEN GO TO 400 350 IF r$="Y" THEN GO TO 400 360 IF r$="n" THEN GO TO 500 370 IF r$="N" THEN GO TO 500 380 PRINT "ANSWER ME PROPERLY WHEN I'M","TALKING TO YOU.": GO TO 300 400 REM guessed it 410 PRINT "I THOUGHT AS MUCH.": GO TO 800 500 REM new animal 510 IF qf>nq-1 THEN PRINT "I'M SURE YOUR ANIMAL IS VERY","INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T HAVE","ROOM FOR IT JUST NOW.": GO TO 800 520 LET q$(qf)=q$(c): REM move oldanimal 530 PRINT '"WHAT IS IT THEN?": INPUT q$(qf+1) 540 PRINT '"TELL ME A QUESTION WHICH","DISTINGUEISHES BETWEEN " 550 LET p$=q$(qf): GO SUB 900: PRINT " AND" 560 LET p$=q$(qf+1): GO SUB 900: PRINT "" 570 INPUT s$: LET b=LEN s$ 580 IF s$(b)="?" THEN LET b=b-1 590 LET q$(c)=s$( TO b): REM insert question 600 PRINT '"WHAT IS THE ANSWER FOR" 610 LET p$=q$(qf+1): GO SUB 900: PRINT "?" 620 GO SUB 1000 630 LET in=1: LET io=2: REM answers for old and new animals 650 IF r$="Y" THEN GO TO 700 660 LET in=2: LET io=1 680 IF r$="N" THEN GO TO 700 690 PRINT "THAT'S NO GOOD.": GO TO 600 700 REM update answers 710 LET a(c,in)=qf+1: LET a(c,io)=qf 720 LET qf=qf+2: REM next free animal space 730 PRINT "THAT FOOLED ME." 800 REM again? 810 PRINT '"Do you want another go?": GO SUB 1000 830 IF r$="Y" THEN CLS : IF r$="Y" THEN GO TO 100 840 STOP 900 REM print without trailing spaces 905 PRINT " "; 910 FOR n=50 TO 1 STEP -1 920 IF p$(n)<>" " THEN GO TO 940 930 NEXT n 940 PRINT p$( TO n);: RETURN 1000 REM get reply 1010 INPUT r$: IF r$="" THEN RETURN 1020 LET r$=r$(1): RETURN 2000 REM initial animals 2010 DATA "DOES IT LIVE IN THE SEA",4,2 2020 DATA "IS IT SCALY",3,5 2030 DATA "DOES IT EAT ANTS",6,7 2040 DATA "A WHALE","A BLANCMANGE","A PANGOLIN","AN ANT" 3000 SAVE "pangolins" LINE 0