For quite a while now I’ve been looking for an old book of Apple II games I used to check out from the library when I was a kid. It had a Space Invaders clone in it, and it was just about the only Apple programming book I've seen which extensively used sprites in its programs. Several of the games had sound effects routines encoded in DATA lines. But I don’t remember the title. The font was tiny and the programs were very long, and I think the cover was yellow, but my memory of it has grown hazy. Anybody know what this book was?
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Is this it? https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Fun-Programming-Activities-Puzzles/dp/086582164X
Little bit hard to tell without seeing what the programs in it are like. There is this one as well:
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Graphics-Low-Res-Programs-Activities/dp/0865821658/
But I don't recognize either of those covers. Is there anywhere online I could see what they look like inside?
A couple other distinguishing things I remember from it:
That sounds familiar because I owned several of those size books for games, business, and practical programs.
How about this one: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiRyZzh76nvAhUaHs0KHaEUCpwQFjAAegQIARAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fannarchive.com%2Ffiles%2FBasic_Computer_Games_Microcomputer_Edition.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3ZkmbbrtUeBjWVVslJDOy6
This one has a Space invaders type of game. This is specific to the Apple.
https://archive.org/details/Apple_Graphics_Arcade_Game_Design/page/n91/mode/2up
Hmm...I have a copy of the first one, and that isn't it. The second one is really interesting, but not it either. But more importantly is the fact that you pointed me in the direction of Internet Archive's collections of old Apple programming books. And I think I found part of it. I think the Space Invaders program I was thinking of was the one shown in this book:
https://archive.org/details/moving-graphics_20200706/mode/2up
Now...the book I'm remembering had I think that exact program (or one very similar to it) in a larger collection. Could there have been another book with this program in it?
Thank you very much for pointing me in the direction of the BASIC book collections at The Internet Archive! At least I've got the one main program I remember now. I've been searching for this for years and somehow hadn't run across that, so it's awfully nice to at least know I wasn't completely imagining things. :)
I have several volumes of magazine games that were put out, IIRC by CALL APPLE and/or Nibble. Might it have been one of those? I happen to know where they are, and can flip through them for an invaders game. I have a disk with several Space Invaders games, but the most accurate one is annoying as it does not work well with a joystick. (I think that it was designed for a paddle, so the slightest return toward centre moves your gun.)
Boy...I don't think so, but I suppose maybe. I remember it being about magazine-sized, but I thought it was a bit thicker - like 3/8" thick or so. Memory of it is really hazy, though, so it's possible. I think I'd be more apt to recognize the programs in it than anything.
Ah, no, these are about 3/4 to one inch thick, compendiums of programmes from Nibble. Should you find the specific game, please LMK. I love Space Invaders, and all decent shmups. I can try to photograph the cover when I fix my camera.
That does sound promising. Yeah, if you can snap a picture of one, that would be great. Thanks!