Download digitally archived Bally Arcade tape programs that will load with AstroBASIC (the BASIC with the built-in tape-interface).
| Program Name | Source | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aldo Trilogy | PC Shareware Titles | 1987-1991. Written by Dave and Benjamin Ibach for the PC running DOS. These games do not run on the Astrocade. These games will run well under Windows when using a program called DOSBox (an emulator, of sorts). The games included are: Aldo's Adventure, Aldo Again, and Aldo's Assault. While these games won't run on the Astrocade, they do give a continued history of what Dave Ibach did (with his son) after he moved on from the Astrocade. The main character in this series of one-screen platform games looks suspiciously like someone named...Mario. Give these games a try-- you'll like 'em. |
| 1) Buggin' B.C. | Unknown | George Moses and Dave Ibach. These exact programs are also in the "George Moses section." |
| Buggin' Me | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | This seems to be an early version of Buggin' BC. I'm not sure it's actually possible to catch the bug. |
| Contest Entry | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | Dave wrote this with his son, Ben. This is probably a solution to a puzzle in the Astrobugs newsletter, but the puzzle itself has not been archived. Another version of this program is called Bug Puzzle #2 Solution. |
| Converter | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | This program was found on a tape full of programs by Dave Ibach from his personal tape collection, and is presumed to also be by Dave Ibach. It should be loaded with the command :RUN. The tape then says, "When Flashing, start old tape + press GO". I'm not sure what this actually does. |
| 1. Frog Leap (With Title Screen) 2. Frog Leap (v1-5) |
Dave wrote this with his son, Ben. Astro-Bugs Club Tape #1, Arcadian, Vol. 5, Pg. 138 and 146, Niagara Bugs Bulleten, Vol. I, Pg 17 and 19 | July 1983 $100 contest winner. Lance notes (and I'm not sure why) that the "standalone file works better." These exact programs are also in the "Arcadian section." Versions 2-5 are from the tape collection of Dave Ibach There are unknown differences between this/these version(s) and other archived version(s). |
| Machine Coder | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | We're not sure what this program does, however, the first four lines of the program are
comments, they say: 2 .END INPUT WITH PERIOD 3 .TO WRITE CODE TO TAPE, GOTO 3000 WITH Y=STARTING LOC & M=LAST ADDR POKED 4 .TO LOAD TAPE, :INPUT 257 5 .TO LOOK @ MEMORY GOTO 10000 & ADVANCE WITH TR |
| Tree | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | This program was found on a tape full of programs by Dave Ibach from his personal tape collection, and is presumed to also be by Dave Ibach. The program draws a tree. |
| BUG Puzzle #2 Solution | Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) | Dave wrote this with his son, Ben. This is probably a solution to a puzzle in the Astrobugs newsletter, but the puzzle itself has not been archived. Another version of this program is called Contest Entry. |
