An action-puzzle game with a musical theme.
Development Text#
A large chunk of Atari 800 Z80 assembler code and leftover build text can be found in the ROM, starting at 0x3ACB:
HOLD
.BS 1
PORTA
.EQ $D300
PORTB
.EQ $D301
PORTC
.EQ $D302
PORTD
.EQ $D303
OR $600
6502 MACHINE CODE TO LOAD OBJECT FILE
TO SHARED RAM
.HS A5F4D008A93085F4A910
.HS 85F6A205B5F195F8CA10
.HS F9AD02D329FB8D02D3AD
.HS 03D329FB8D03D38E00D3
.HS 8E01D3AD02D309048D02
.HS D3AD03D309048D03D3A2
.HS F78E01D3A00084FE20C5
.HS 06B1FA8D00D3EAEAEAA9
.HS E78D01D38E01D320E606
.HS D0E8C6FDD0E4A205B5F1
.HS 95F8CA10F9A2F7A000AD
.HS 02D329FB8D02D3A9FF8D
.HS 00D3AD02D309048D02D3
.HS 20C506AD02D329FB8D02
.HS D3A9008D00D3AD02D309
.HS 048D02D3A9F38D01D3AD
.HS 00D38E01D3D1FAF00100
.HS 20E606D0BEC6FDD0BAA2
.HS FF8E01D3AD03D329FB8D
.HS 03D3E88E01D300A5F88D
.HS 00D3EAEAEAA9F68D01D3
.HS 8E01D3A5F98D00D3EAEA
.HS EAA9F58D01D38E01D360
.HS E6FAD002E6FBE6F8D002
.HS E6F9C6FC60A00188D0FD
.HS 60
LI,OFF
ROLL OVERTURE
VSS 26, MUSIC GAME
DATE COMPILED: NOV 23,1983
IN,"D1:SYSRAM.INC"
IN,"D1:USERAM.INC"
IN,"D1:CARTHEAD.INC"
MAINLOOP
MAINLP
LOOPSET
TURN
Other parts of the assembler can be found in Sir Lancelot, another VSS game, as well as the unreleased Atari 2600 game Squoosh.
(Source: Original TCRF research)
References#
- VSS - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
- AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 3, Number 2, May 1984↩︎