Piegram
Piegram
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
PIEGRAM is not a pie chart graphing program; it is a "hide and seek" game where you and the PET take turns taking shots at each other as you move around a 10x10 grid. For each shot you take, the computer reports the distance to the target of your three most recent shots. If you have a good handle on the Pythagorean theorem, you should be able to zero in on your quarry efficiently. The computer isn't especially smart either. I was sure it had me cornered at one point—two shots in a row landed 1 square diagonally adjacent to my position but the PET failed to take advantage of that information.