Avaunt

Avaunt - Michael Holdstock (Your Sinclair-September 89-Page 68)





I'm sure you're familiar with the problem - your cosmic warrior is struck by


an alien death ray, he clutches his stomach, sinks to his knees and dissolves


into a pool of slimy puss. Then what? "You are dead. Do you want another go


(Y/N)", or something along those lines. Pathetic really.


But this need no longer be a problem thanks to Michael Holdstock's Avaunt,


which will provide a fitting climax to, well, anything you care to write real-


ly, making it almost a pleasure to lose your last life.





WHAT TO DO





For those who remain ignorant, despite my incessant inculcations, the idea is


to type in the Basic bit and save it. Likewise the Hex, with assistance from


the Hex Loader. The Basic provides a demo of what happens, so I don't need to


explain it all. Phew.


What? You really want to know? Right, once your hero has expired, RANDOMIZE


USR 60000. The screen will then explode into a frenzy of multicoloured Game


Overs, with suitable sonic accompaniment. After a few seconds the screen will


fade to black, and you can have another bash at the Xorktrons or whatever.


As if that wasn't enough, the routine also generates its own character set,


which you can use in your own programs. Details of this are given within the


Basic.





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TYPE: Utility (Cool Game Over message and new character set)





COMMENT: Correction in the listing had to be done so that the program could


run correctly. Changes made in Basic Loader:





130 PAUSE 0: RANDOMIZE USR 6E4


changed to


130 PAUSE 0: RANDOMIZE USR 60000








This info file was typed by Michael Bruhn


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