COMMODORE

THE VALLEY (PET) – A mega-classic RPG for the PET that was huge in the U.K. in the early '80s. computing today magazine devoted most of an issue to it in April 1982, and for the next year, readers modified and expanded the program -- it was clearly a much-loved game. There is a souped-up version for C64 on the 'net, but not the original PET version...so I typed it in (for that late-night, teenage nerd experience) and now it's here, in a D64 format. Also in the archive are scans from the magazines and some of my notes, as well.

THE VALLEY (VIC-20) – This is a hard-to-find VIC-20 version of The Valley (.PRG), kindly sent to me by Paul Kitching. The physical valley is a little smaller (obviously!), but the gameplay is the same as the original. The program is also in BASIC, so while the line numbers won't match up, it should be easy enough to identify the various modules from the PET documentation, if you want to mod the program.

MAKING TAPES FOR and FROM VIC-20 (VIC/C64/C16) – Don't have an XA1541 cable, or a parallel port on your PC any longer? These notes will help you create readable Datasette cassette tapes for the noted machines from PRG files gleaned from the internet, or wherever. All you need is an old cassette recorder, tapes, and some free software. Also, how to read in old tapes so the contents can be used on emulators, archived, etc.

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