Cops
Cops
Publisher: CodeWorks - CursorGenre: Puzzle
Programmer: Glen Fisher
Year: 1979
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Language: English
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Game input holds PET matrix keys down until you physically release them, which is best for arcade games. Type input keeps the original short-tap queue for entering BASIC commands.
Charset Auto lets PET software switch normally. Graphics or Business forces the selected character ROM for compatibility/testing.
Changing RAM or ROM resets the PET. Some programs need ROM2/ROM4 or 16K/32K.
The sound slider controls the emulated PET VIA speaker. Modern browsers require a click before audio can start, so Start Game also enables audio.
The emulator has an IEEE-488 device at address 8 for loading/saving .prg files.
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Game Notes
COPS is based on an asymmetrical cops-and-robbers game known as "the hamstrung squad car" discussed in Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column in Scientific American (February 1967, p. 116). I'd link to the article, but access to back issues is limited to subscribers (about $30 a year at the time of writing). If you search for "hamstrung squad car", you can learn more about the mathematical ideas that underly this game.
This PET implementation is functional, but the presentation is bland. The PET does not participate in the game; you need two players for this one. There's enough leftover RAM that Fisher could have programmed the computer to play as the robbers with some rudimentary evasion logic.
This PET implementation is functional, but the presentation is bland. The PET does not participate in the game; you need two players for this one. There's enough leftover RAM that Fisher could have programmed the computer to play as the robbers with some rudimentary evasion logic.
