This is the README file for the BASIC programs I wrote:


I have written three BASIC programs, which I wrote specifically for
FreeDOS BWBASIC but should run under any BASIC environment.  I am not
using anything that is specific to BWBASIC, in other words.

These three programs are:

   LEMON.BAS - the classic Lemonade Stand game.  Your goal is to sell
lemonade down at the corner.  You have to predict how many people
will visit your stand the next day, based on the weather, and then
decide how much to charge for a glass of lemonade.  You start out
with $10, but will you make money, or lose money?

   GUESS.BAS - a classic number guessing game.  The computer thinks
of a number from 1 to 100, and you have to figure out what it is.
The only hints you get are "too high" and "too low".  Try to guess
the number in as few hints as possible.  (Hey, if you understand a
binary search, then this game gets really easy!)

   TAZ.BAS - another version of the Sumer game, which I remember from
my old Apple IIe days.  I've tried to implement it as best I could,
but I don't exactly remember all of the features of the game.
Basically, you are the leader of a tiny country called TAZ.  You have
x number of people, and y acres of land.  The goal is to manage your
resources, and try to feed all your people and prepare for the coming
year.  If you don't read the BASIC source, you need to figure out how
much to feed your people, how hard you can work them, and so on.
Things that are against you are plagues (which kill your people),
rats (which eat your seeds), and food blights (which, you guessed it,
destroy your food.)  In your 10-year election term, you need to grow
your tiny country into an empire.  This is a really fun game, and can
be addicting.  Be careful!



CHANGES:

tmassey@iname.com has made several fixes/improvements to the TAZ
game.  Here they are:

- RND() changed to RND.  This works for all BASIC's that we know of.

- Fixed an overflow problem around line 910

- Fixed a math error around line 9211




Enjoy these programs!

--Jim Hall
jhall1@isd.net
