Mutant Fungi

In-game screen.

Program listing on 48K Spectrum.

Text Listing

1 DIM z(29):
 READ n,r,p,x,c:
 BORDER 1:
 POKE n+73,7:
 CLS :
 LET r=r*.85:
 FOR b=2 TO 29:
 LET z(b)=INT (RND*9)+1:
 FOR a=1 TO z(b):
 PRINT AT a,b; INK 2+2*(a>1);"#":
 NEXT a:
 NEXT b:
 LET a=NOT a:
 POKE n*a,22-3*(INKEY$="0">x):
 LET g=RND*28+1.5:
 LET z(g)=z(g)+(RND>r AND z(g)):
 PRINT AT z(g),g; INK 4;"#" AND z(g)>1:
 POKE n,24:
 BEEP .007,10:
 LET x=16:
 LET y=c+2:
 LET c=c+(INKEY$="7")*(c<27)-(INKEY$="6")*(c>0):
 PRINT AT 18,c; INK 5;" ";CHR$ 140;CHR$ 143;CHR$ 140;" "' INK 0; PAPER 6,p,:
 POKE n*(x=0),33:
 LET k=z(y)1)):
 POKE n*k,32:
 BEEP .02,-10:
 LET b=b-(x=1):
 LET p=p+1+99*(x=1):
 LET z(y)=x-1:
 LET x=k*(x-1):
 POKE n*(z(g)<18),5+8*(b>2):
 DATA 23620,1,0,0,14

Backstory

In the Martian caves, a radioactive accident involving the latest archeological expedition triggered the rapid proliferation of the frightening Mutant Fungi! Exterminate all fungi growing from the ceilings of progressively more dangerous caves otherwise they will block the tunnels and eliminate any chance to rescue the surviving archeologists.

About the game

Your goal is to eliminate the mutant fungi infection inside the Mars caves. Each fungi section will be continuously growing until you destroy its root. (Sure we all know regular fungi don't have roots but remember those are mutant fungi!)

The keys for this game are 6-left, 7-right, 0-fire, or a Sinclair joystick.

You gain 100 points for each fungus root destroyed and only 1 point for other fungus parts, so your better chance for a high score is to eliminate as many roots as possible, instead of wasting time by shooting the same root section repeatedly.

Credits

This one-line game was written by Einar Saukas, converted from a BASIC game he originally co-produced with Eduardo Issao Ito over two decades ago (released as part of the collection "Jogos BASICOS vol.2").

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