You can now download shareware versions for the Commodore PET, Commodore 128, Amiga, and the Commander X16. These versions include 2 complete levels. The only features removed from the game is SNES controller support, and the cheat-code. The C128 and Amiga versions also remove the ability to see robots on the map. (but the map itself still works) A PDF manual is included in the ZIP file. You can download them here:
If you’d like to buy the complete version of the game, you can find them here:
I hope to release additional shareware versions in the future.
Thanks for sending me the Atari version of Attack of the PETSCII Robots! It’s great to have a proper boxed version of software, instead of this illusory, insubstantial data that floats through the ether, most likely to be captured on a non-moving, silent SSD. Sometimes it’s good to go back to one’s roots.
All I need now is to get an Atari 400 or 800, but I can run this on my MiSTer FPGA thing in the meantime.
Lex
Doers PETSCII Robots work on “B” PETs (“CBM professional computers”) or only “N” PETs? I’ve found that due to differences in graphics and keyboard mapping, most games are unplayable on my PET 2001-32B. They will load and run, but they won’t look right and usually can’t be controlled as the programmer intended.