From 34f21411679b4142757d5282b803fb2c775151c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ted Thompson Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:09:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Create README.md --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19edddc --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# OREGON78 +Applesoft BASIC port of the original Oregon Trail game from 1978 + +Originally published in Creative Computing May/June 1978 issue, the original code was written in BASIC on a CDC CYBER 70 mainframe computer. + +The code was published and with some work to compensate for some commands that Applesoft just didn't have, and a bit of reformatting to work on a 40col screen instead of an 80col printer(!) it ported very nicely. + +I'm offering this as source code, Disk Image, and WAV file for use in emulators or real hardware.