New Release: Un

[Jeff-20]

Jeff, may I suggest you implement the missing Wildcard/Take4 card?

I knew I forgot something! Clearing the screen seemed necessary because the on-screen messages vary in length as does the card counts (a card count of "10" reduced by one produces the dreaded "90"). I hate that. Never found a good solution, and I sure wasn't going to find on at 4am.

[Mike]

[...]as does the card counts (a card count of "10" reduced by one produces the dreaded "90"). I hate that. Never found a good solution, [...]

I found this one:

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PRINT "COUNT:"C"{LEFT,SPACE}"

which erases one character to the right of printed numerals.

Likewise, you can pad out string messages of variable length with spaces up to the maximum length.

[carlsson]

Apparently, some can see a similarity between my game and another existing game without even playing it.

I think you're too good at explaining the gameplay so people will understand the rules and how to play the game before trying it, thus spotting what it is like. Next time, try to post something obscure that will take at least 15-20 minutes of active play to even figure out which keys to use.

[Jeff-20]

I found this one:

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PRINT "COUNT:"C"{LEFT,SPACE}"

which erases one character to the right of printed numerals.

Of course, this is the first thought that comes to mind, but have you tried it on a real vic? It doesn't seem to work.

[Mike]

Of course I did! No idea why it should not work on yours.

However, if you use something like:

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PRINT MID$(STR$(C),2)

to suppress the leading sign, then you can simply append a SPACE, without 'left', i.e.:

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PRINT MID$(STR$(C),2)"{SPACE}"

P.S.: This is my 500th post.

[Jeff-20]

Good advice! Thanks. I'm sure I could figure it out, but now I wonder if such a crappy game is worth edits. redrawing the whole screen seems like an unpopular solution.

[English Invader]

I played this game at university as well. We called it Shithead.