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"Gauntlet" Predecessor "Dandy" Source Code Released

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday March 14 2018, @05:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-I-run-it-on-my-iphone? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

John Palevich wrote several programs which were published by Atari Program Exchange: the Chameleon CRT Terminal Emulator; Mantis Boot Tape Development System; Deep Blue C Compiler and its source code on a product called Deep Blue Secrets; and Dandy, a graphical dungeon crawl game that is famously the inspiration for the arcade classic, Gauntlet.

The source code for Dandy (aka Dandy Dungeon) by Jack Palevich, for Atari 8-bit computers, shared with his permission.

https://archive.org/details/Dandy_source

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by fyngyrz on Wednesday March 14 2018, @05:49PM

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Wednesday March 14 2018, @05:49PM (#652520) Journal

    Still happily playing Adventure on my 6809 emulator.

    XYZZY

    :)

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Wednesday March 14 2018, @10:45PM (4 children)

    by looorg (578) on Wednesday March 14 2018, @10:45PM (#652648)

    As much as I like data-archaeology I think in this case I still prefer the Arcade Gauntlet with four players. Flashbacks of it being very hectic and funny ... and expensive. That said the thesis from 1982 was kind of entertaining to read.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by archfeld on Wednesday March 14 2018, @11:24PM (2 children)

      by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Wednesday March 14 2018, @11:24PM (#652677) Journal

      Wizard shot the food...

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      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 15 2018, @12:09AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 15 2018, @12:09AM (#652697)

        "Elf has been eating all the food lately"

        • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday March 15 2018, @11:17PM

          by Mykl (1112) on Thursday March 15 2018, @11:17PM (#653165)

          One of my strong memories of playing multiplayer Gauntlet at the arcade with friends was when we played levels that announced "Shots now hurt other players". One of our 'friends' used to take the opportunity to target us instead of the monsters. This would usually end up with us ganging up against him to eliminate the threat. Insert coins to continue - fun times...

    • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday March 15 2018, @08:40PM

      by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Thursday March 15 2018, @08:40PM (#653099) Journal

      Warrior needs food, badly!
      ugggggh!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 15 2018, @03:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 15 2018, @03:11AM (#652758)

    I get a warm feeling seeing the pink verbatim floppy disk jacket. It says double density, 40-track certified.

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