Atari ST 2020 Zamboozal Poker Dice (1989)
A downloadable game
Acknowledgements
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This game was made using the STOS The Game Creator released in 1989 by Mandarin Software, developed by JAWX. We, the programmers, were compelled to program games ever since playing Atari Asteroids in 1979. Books like “Dr. C. Wacko’s Miracle Guide” for the Atari 8-bit helped us learn the basics of programming when we were tweenagers, but it wasn’t until we were fumbling around in college in 1989 and STOS arrived for the Atari ST that we really got moving on the dream to make video games.
STOS combined a simple-to-learn BASIC programming language sprite editor, sound designer, and a compiler. The whole system allowed neophyte coders to finally turn our/their ideas and creations into honest-to God compiled Atari ST games!
However, tools and desire are not the only ingredients needed for success, and as you will see with the final 1.0 version of Zamboozal Poker Dice you are holding in your hands, sometimes the final product, no matter how hard someone works, maybe, should never see the light of day.
Zamboozal Poker Dice from Wheat Media (which by the way, was our joke-name for a fake company in high school, then the name of our two-song rock band, the name of this one-game company, and one day became the name of our first short-lived web design firm) is an exciting new take on the classic game of poker dice. The game is for one or two players. Each player takes turns rolling a set of five dice and attempts to make “poker” hands based on the number rolled. On their turn, the player gets the opportunity to roll the dice three times. After each roll, the player can choose dice to reroll. The others will remain unrolled. The object is to make a poker-hand with the dice. After the third roll the player must choose a poker-hand to which they will apply their dice. With one exception, “Second Zamboozal”, all “poker hands” can only be used once.
2020 Version Updates
The 1.1 2020 version has been updated to work with all TOS versions. We have also updated some of the music and sounds.
Full instructions included in the package
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Install instructions
For your Atari ST/STE computer or Emulator
Emulator: We have tested version 1.1 on all TOS version and on both Gem DOS, IDE, and ASCI hard drives hooked up to a real ST/STE and both Hartai and STEem emulators.
use the included .st disk image or add the files to the emulated hard drive attached to you emulator.
Real hardware : You can use the files as downloaded on your Atari ST compatible harddrive or copy them to a 3.5" diskette.
Put the Zamboozal Poker Dice diskette into your compatible Atari ST 3.5 inch disk drive, and click the floppy disk icon that represents the where you inserted the disk (this is usually Floppy A or Floppy B).
Note: Zamboozal Poker Dice includes no copy protection, and so the files can be installed on a hard disk drive (such as the Mega-File 20). To install on hard disc drive simply copy the files from the enclosed Zamboozal Poker Dice Diskette to a folder on said hard disk drive. I suppose this also means you can easily upload the game to your favorite BBS you dirty software pirate.
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