New Release: GOMOKU

nippur72 · Post by **nippur72** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:48 am

I've finally released my Gomoku port for the Vic-20 which we have been discussing on this past thread: Gomoku on Vic?.

You can download it from my Vic-20 home page.

A cross-compiled Commodore 64 version with the same features is available too. Machine language enthusiasts may also download full source code.

EDIT:

An updated and improved version (2019) is available here.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:33 am

GREAT! Something to do when outside is raining and you need some time-killer... And it's damn SMART!

Thank you very much.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:12 pm

I like the border; excellent. I really want to understand methods for creating artificial intelligence (where the computer makes unpredictable strategic, not random, choices).

TMR · Post by **TMR** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:03 am

Hasn't it been a busy month for VIC releases! =-) Just a suggestion since there's a C64 port of this one, but have you considered doing a C16 version as well...?

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:38 am

I didn't know what this game was until now. In swedish, it's called "Luffarschack" which means "bum chess". Here is a screenshot of my BorayLetter email game version:

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:44 am

Now I have payed it too, in vice, and it's nice!

nippur72 · Post by **nippur72** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:12 am

TMR wrote:but have you considered doing a C16 version as well...?

I just finished a C16 / Plus4 version too

(download from the same page)

It was a tedious work because I had to find all the TED registers and the color values. I also had to dig the rom Kernal looking for the "print integer" routine (the one used by the LIST command to print line numbers). Sadly to say, there is no rom disassembly for C16 (the only one is now broken link).

The print string routine (address in A/Y) gave me a lot of problems because works differently than in VIC20/C64. Perhaps because the C16 Kernal is more advanced with all those escape sequences, &c.. &c...

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:18 am

http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/ ... .MemoryMap

fgasking · Post by **fgasking** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:21 am

Awesome stuff!... will check it out!.... this indeed has been a fantastic year so far for the Vic 20 and long may it continue!

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:18 pm

I'll give the computer credit, it's quite tricksy (for me at least) although I have managed to win. Now for a Go program hah hah

Iltanen · Post by **Iltanen** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:06 pm

This is really something great! I did not believe that such a good Gomoku game could be made on a VIC. The power of this little computer still amazes me-

Iltanen · Post by **Iltanen** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:33 am

Quite a hard game, I wasn't able to beat it under 18 moves and it usually beats me.

Could there be an option so that the computer plays first? (I'd just like to see how it plays against itself : D)

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:05 am

Heh. I found a Go-Moku game for the C64 on CSDb, and wondered if it was a different one than this one.

Yet again the C64 scene shows its ugly face, as someone has "cracked" Nippur's game.

These "cool" people have tagged on a title screen with music and are so proud of themselves. Of course the web page doesn't display original credits, such are not important in the land of demos and cracks.

Every time this takes place, I get less and less motivated to develop anything for the C64 and stay entirely with the VIC-20.

There is nothing bad with that, just a waste of a platform I know fairly well but not feeling welcome to contribute to.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:55 am

carlsson wrote:Every time this takes place, I get less and less motivated to develop anything for the C64 and stay entirely with the VIC-20. There is nothing bad with that, just a waste of a platform I know fairly well but not feeling welcome to contribute to.

I agree, another reason is that pratically everything was discovered for the C64 while the vic is a treasure to discover.
An example ? Robotic Liberation, imagine all this knowledge applied to a new game....

About Gomoku for the Vic i wish to add it on MegaCart if Nippur72 agree.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:35 am

There are no commercial c64 games any longer so now they have to crack freeware... How pathetic...