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TMSnake "Snake" game clone for RC2014 Computers with TMS9918A and Sound module, running CP/M
This is my adaption of the well-known "Snake" game for CP/M compatible RC2014 homebrew systems. It runs on both, SCM and RomWBW based CP/M variants.
It requires a TMS video module on MSX I/O ports $98/$99 and optionally supports an AY8910/YM2149 sound module on ports $D0/$D8 as well as the Tynemouth joystick module on port $01.
The game play is quite simple:
Use a joystick or W/A/S/D on the keyboard to control the snake
Avoid hitting any walls or yourself
Pick up all the strawberries along the way
With each strawberry that has been picked up, the snake grows in length
The snake incrementally gets a faster throughout the game
Every 100 points one of four "barrier walls" is randomly placed
The game ends once you hit a wall or yourself
In true retro-computing spirit, TMSnake was written in DX-Forth for CP/M-80 on a real RC2014 homebrew computer. This also includes the required TMS video driver, the custom character set and the AY driver as well as the actual game code. It took me about a one and a half year to finish the code and it has been an interesting lesson in simple game mechanics for me.
You can find the game here: https://wintermute-bbs.itch.io/tmsnake
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By This is my adaption of the well-known "Snake" game for CP/M compatible RC2014 homebrew systems. It runs on both, SCM and RomWBW based CP/M variants.
It requires a TMS video module on MSX I/O ports $98/$99 and optionally supports an AY8910/YM2149 sound module on ports $D0/$D8 as well as the Tynemouth joystick module on port $01.
The game play is quite simple:
Use a joystick or W/A/S/D on the keyboard to control the snake
Avoid hitting any walls or yourself
Pick up all the strawberries along the way
With each strawberry that has been picked up, the snake grows in length
The snake incrementally gets a faster throughout the game
Every 100 points one of four "barrier walls" is randomly placed
The game ends once you hit a wall or yourself
In true retro-computing spirit, TMSnake was written in DX-Forth for CP/M-80 on a real RC2014 homebrew computer. This also includes the required TMS video driver, the custom character set and the AY driver as well as the actual game code. It took me about a one and a half year to finish the code and it has been an interesting lesson in simple game mechanics for me.
You can find the game here: https://wintermute-bbs.itch.io/tmsnake