Here's a teaser of my and qkumba's next project: Adventure Replay.
A pack of Apple II graphic adventure games, patched to launch from a hard drive. Search by name or browse by year. Each game lovingly patched with enhanced input routines, additional save slots, and of course no copy protection.
![game text is stored compressed similar to ZSCII
5 bits per value, $00..$1D are index into table 1 (lowercase letters)
$1E & $1F shift to table 2 & 3 then use next 5-bit value as index
save:
old prompt
Save 1,2,or 3?"
new prompt
Save game 1-9?"
$95B0 = 73 F0 FB 3F 1F B2 13 E7 E5 FD FC 9C 00
covers part we want to change starting with "1"
|--73----||--F0---| |--FB---||--3F----||--1F---||--B2----||--13---| |--E7---||--E5----||--FD---||--FC----||--9C---| |--00--|
0 11100 11111 10000 11111 01100 11111 10001 11111 01100 10000 10011 11100 11111 10010 11111 11011 11111 00100 11100 00000000
1C 1F 10 1F 0C 1F 11 1F 0C 10 13 1C 1F 12 1F 1B 1F 04 1C
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z . table 1
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ ] table 2 (shift=$1E 11110)
cr ! " # $ % & ' ( ) , - / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; ? < > table 3 (shift=$1F 11111)
1,2,or 3?" --> 1C 1F 10 1F 0C 1F 11 1F 0C 10 13 1C 1F 12 1F 1B 1F 04
spc 1 , 2 , o r spc 3 ? "
game 1-9?" --> 1C 08 02 0E 06 1C 1F 10 1F 0D 1F 18 1F 1B 1F 04
spc g a m e spc 1 - 9 ? "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c3qrreyb2xu6u4jssm47do22/bafkreibkdglcymfsanoy3vr4iteubqfmvd5nb3unb7mvm3rp7s4hbt2vpe)
