November 15, 1988
WALLBALL: A cute li'l game for the ST.
WALLBALL is a cute li'l game I threw together while trying to
learn to use both on the ST and the 'C' language. It works in
HI-Res (Monochrome) mode only. WALLBALL is a two-player game -
two joysticks are recommended but the game can also be played with
one or none. There are three choices for ball speed, and you can
play to a score of 5, 15, or 21.
WALLBALL's inspiration dates back to 1979 when I was working
the graveyard shift at the manufacturing arm of what was at the
time a leading U.S. telephone monopoly. Some of the automated
testing stations had PDP-11 minicomputers and Tektronix terminals,
and there was a 'secret', hidden, (removable) hard disk of BASIC
games, one of which was volleyball. It was slow-w-w-w, and the
graphics were strictly dot-and-line, but it was the only pong-type
game I knew of where the ball arced through the 'air' like a
bouncing ball instead of flying in a straight line.
I have no idea whatsoever who was responsible for that game,
so I can't give them credit.
Oh well.
WALLBALL is shareware, which, seeing as it's only a game, means
that it's basically free. Feel free to copy, ditribute, UL, DL, or
whatever as long as the copyright notices remain intact and this
file stays with the game program. You are under no obligation,
legally or morally, to pay for it, but if you wanna send me a buck,
it would definitely be appreciated.
Send bug reports, suitcases full of money (or a buck), and
snapshots of yer family to me at this address:
Michael J. Waters
P.O. Box 153
Cliffwood, NJ 07721
WALLBALL c 1988 by Michael J. Waters