
Racer for OS/2 Version 1.0
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12 August 1995
By Antonino Iannella

This is a small prototype for an OS/2 game idea I have.
I got the idea from a program I typed in, from a
magazine printed about ten years ago.  The original
program was written in BASIC (from Microsoft, uugh!),
for the Tandy TRS-80.  I've always liked it's concept.

The aim is to keep your car away from the white lines;
the roadside.

Racer is simply a text-based car on a road, so it moves
quite fast.  The text symbol in the middle is your 'car'.
(Sorry about it being a long, white streak.)  Press the
left or right arrow keys to make it move left
or right.  <CTRL><S> pauses it.  Press 'q' at any
time to stop.  Crashing the 'car' into the sides 
also ends the ride.

My immediate plan for this 'piece de resistance' is to
port it to the PM shell and turn it into a graphics-based
action extravaganza, like a video arcade game.

I compiled it with EMX/GCC, so one may need the EMX
Runtime Library to use the executable code.  The source
code is provided so others may compile it themselves, or
use it freely as long as I am acknowledged and informed
about it... Bill Gates and all Microsoft employees and
their families must each pay me $1000 if they use it.

Please tell me by Email what you think of the project...
I'll take any opinions, criticisms, suggestions for
improvement, etc, and especially encouragement!

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