Subj : Re: SuperTrek 64+ and Tombs of Xeiops To : Tristan Miller From : Robert Bernardo Date : Mon Aug 15 2022 09:22 pm On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 4:38:41 PM UTC-4, Tristan Miller wrote: > Next is SuperTrek 64+ by Don Lekei: This > is a conversion of Star Trek, the classic 1971 strategy game originally > by Mike Mayfield and later popularized and extended by David H. Ahl, Bob > Leedom, and others. I believe Don released the game as freeware in > order to promote Sysres, a programming tool he designed and used to help > convert the game, probably from Bob Leedom's well-known version. Don > developed Sysres while director of engineering at Solidus International > Corporation in North Vancouver, BC. Don's got a LinkedIn profile which > has seen activity as recently as 2013: Oh, thanks for the history of the game! > SuperTrek was and still is one of my favourite C64 games, no doubt > because it's fairly faithful to the tried-and-tested text-based classic, > yet wisely spruces things up with colour, sound, animation, and a custom > character set. The game does have a few minor bugs, however, ranging > from rampant spelling errors to faulty logic in the phaser firing > mechanism. Perhaps one of these days I'll release a patched version! As a Star Trek fan, I'm always interested in these games, and if a patched version came out, that would be great! Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan Commodore Los Angeles Super Show - http://www.portcommodore.com/class --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .