SINCUS Exchange Tape 103 – Potpourri

Date: 198x
Type: Cassette
Platform(s): TS 2068

A mixed-bag library tape from the Sinclair Computer Users Society (SINCUS) with 18 programs spanning games, quizzes, financial tools, and seasonal fun.

The title screens of three programs were blank in the original transfer of this tape: usa (the map behind capitals2), HR (humorisq) and SQUATIMSCR (squaw-t). In October 2026 they were replaced with the real pictures from an Oliger disk copy of the tape, “SINCUS EX TP 103”, keeping the tape headers. The US map outline, the “Humorisque” checkerboard and the “Squawtime / Prized Recipes” border now appear when the programs start in ZEsarUX.

Content

Battleships

Program

A full Battleship game where you face a CPU opponent whose intelligence you control, from total ignoramus to tactical genius targeting squares near its last hit.

Cash Flow

Program

A coin-pusher arcade game uses UDG sprites, a real-time frame-counter clock, and column-stacking mechanics to simulate a 10p coin machine with a four-minute session limit.

file0

Program

A disk catalog browser with machine code internals lets you scroll through stored files and load any entry with a single keypress — dispatch included.

Halloween

Program

Guide a witch through seven Halloween castle stages, collecting letters to spell EXIT while dodging ghosts, gravestones, and your own poisonous broomstick trail.

Humorisq

Program

Test your knowledge of comedy legends by matching last names to first names in this 100-comedian quiz with tiered scoring and retry logic.

Pairs

Program

Can you match all ten hidden picture pairs in as few guesses as possible — this BASIC memory game uses dynamically swapped UDGs to render high-resolution images.

Personal Net Worth

Program

Track your complete financial picture by entering assets and liabilities across 27 categories, then watch a formatted net worth statement print out automatically.

Quizmaster

Program

A 25-question randomized quiz engine covering literature, Z80 mnemonics, and movies challenges your exact-spelling recall across multiple subject areas.

Rifle Range

Program

Shoot scrolling UDG targets with a moving gun in this arcade-style gallery game featuring machine code routines, six target types, and a persistent high-score table.

Santa's Dilemma

Program

Guide Santa with cursor keys to herd eight escaped reindeer into their pen before time runs out — with attribute-based collision detection and a BEEP carol.

Sinewave

Program

A compact math demo plots a full sine wave with centered axes, using floating-point parametric scaling to fill the screen with a smooth trigonometric curve.

Solitaire

Program

A fully playable Klondike Solitaire implementation with custom card graphics, a shuffled 52-card deck, three-card waste pile dealing, and win/loss tracking across sessions.

Squawtime

Program

A five-item recipe menu packed with Texas humor, complete with UDG graphics, trig-drawn arcs, and a "Pecan Diet Loaf" that requires tweezers to eat.

Squirm

Program

A two-player worm-racing game where joystick-guided snakes compete to eat numbered food tokens and outlast each other on a bordered arena.

Star Spangled Banner

Program

A patriotic flag display paired with a fully playable national anthem uses clever UDG stars, block-graphic stripes, and an error-trap trick to signal end-of-song.

States And Capitals

Program

A two-mode U.S. states-and-capitals quiz that tracks which questions have been asked, gives letter hints on wrong answers, and plays a reward melody for correct ones.

Taking Stock

Program

A BASIC stock portfolio tracker that saves company names and share counts to tape, then calculates current holdings value from newspaper price quotes with printer support.

Tychk

Program

A memory-walking diagnostic tool that reports every BASIC line's number, byte length, and alternating-weight checksum — all printed to screen and printer simultaneously.

Note: Type-in program listings on this website use ZMAKEBAS notation for graphics characters.

Tags

Downloadable SINCUS TS 2068 Collection