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: <
https://youtu.be/NI9dbaNwVIs> 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: <
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lekei>
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
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