Download digitally archived Bally Arcade tape programs
that will load with AstroBASIC (the BASIC with the built-in tape-interface).
Program Name |
Source |
Comments |
3D Tic Tac Toe |
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3D Tic Tac Toe
by General Video (probably Steve Walters)
1982.
This tape was found in Ken Lill's collection, not on the actual "Tape 821" as it was originally released. This game includes a graphic title screen.
Game background from ad (below): "3-D board for greater challenge. Joystick moves on each level, knob changes levels, trigger makes move. Two human players or challenge the computer! Computer checks and displays winning row."
- Tape 821 (Ad) - Ad for Tape 821 from SOURCEBOOK (Summer 1982).
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Avalanche! |
Tape 821 (April 1982) |
1-4 players drop blocks through a system of levers. Depending on the positions
of the levers, the blocks will either get stuck or fall to the bottom. After a set
number of turns, the player who let the fewest number of blocks fall to the bottom
wins. This program is very similar to Hang Up! |
Crazyface |
Tape 1 |
Create a "crazy face" using various menu selections. |
Halloween Graphics |
Arcadian, Vol. 3. Pg. 126-127 (Program Listing), Arcadian, Vol. 4. Pg. 3 (Loading Method) |
Taping instructions (Arcadian, Vol. 4. Pg. 3) for Bally BASIC only. |
Hang Up! |
Unknown (From the tape collection of Dave Ibach) |
2-4 players drop blocks through a system of levers. Depending on the positions of the
levers, the blocks will either get stuck or fall to the bottom. Each player begins with a
limited supply of blocks. A player loses a block by dropping it during a turn, and gains
any blocks that fall to the bottom. The first player to run out of blocks wins. This
program is very similar to Avalanche! |
Memory Maze
|
Tape [Early Eighties] |
This AstroBASIC game has been converted from the original Bally BASIC 300-Baud
format to 2000-Baud. It now loads in about twenty seconds rather than three
and a half minutes. This game took some work to get to run under Astrocade. See the
notes included in the archive if you're interested in what they were.
AstroBASIC runs faster than Bally BASIC. In this case the drawing of the
maze has been given a speed boost. The maze now draws about twice as fast.
This is a much-needed improvement because the maze is redrawn whenever the
player "peeks" at it. While it isn't unusual to see performance increases with
AstroBASIC, this boost seems to work particularly well.
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Pepsi TV Game
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Tape [Early Eighties] |
This program doesn't seem to be referenced anywhere. Maybe it's an Arcadian submission that
wasn't printed. It seems to be a tool for keeping track of bottle cap numbers for a contest
Pepsi was running. You can even save your data to tape. Of course, this isn't particularly
useful anymore. |