Alan W. Gardner

1000 Miler

1000 Miler

Commodore 64 - Released - 1987

1000 Miler is based on the French card games called Mille Bornes. Two players compete against each other to reach 1000 miles before the other. Each player gets seven cards, which can be miles cards for getting closer to your goal or positive or negative cards. Negative cards can be played to cause a flat tire for your opponent, letting him have a crash or other effects. The positive cards can be used to negate the effects of negative cards the opponent played on you. The winning player gets a little winning animation. Released in Loadstar #037.

1000 Miler

MS-DOS - Released - 1987

1000 Miler is based on the french card games called Mille Bornes. Two players compete against each other to reach 1000 miles before the other. Each player gets seven cards, which can be miles cards for getting closer to your goal or positive or negative cards. Negative cards can be played to cause a flat tire for your opponent, letting him have a crash or other effects. The positive cards can be used to negate the effects of negative cards the opponent played on you. The winning player gets a little winning animation.

1000 Miler v2.0

Commodore 64 - Released - 1991

1000 Miler v2.0 is based on the French card games called Mille Bornes. Two players compete against each other to reach 1000 miles before the other. Each player gets seven cards, which can be miles cards for getting closer to your goal or positive or negative cards. Negative cards can be played to cause a flat tire for your opponent, letting him have a crash or other effects. The positive cards can be used to negate the effects of negative cards the opponent played on you. The winning player gets a little winning animation. This version is an updated version of the original 1987 release with improved computer AI for single player games, and a few minor annoying bugs that were in the original were also removed. This version was released on Loadstar #88.

Madman

Madman

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Madman is an interesting take on Pong/Breakout (the came plays like a cross between both of those two games. It's like breakout in that you have bricks (well in this case balls) to destroy, but it's also like Pong in that you have an AI opponent competing against you. This game was developed by Alan W, Gardner and published in both Loadtar #004 and later in Loadstar #249

Necromancer II

Necromancer II

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

A text adventure based on the original game by Rod Rudd and published in Loadstar #013. A simple text adventure using a two word parser where you explore the dungeon of the Necromancer. The Necromancer has returned, as he had promised.

Poe-Poe-Poe

Poe-Poe-Poe

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Poe-Poe-Poe (also known as Poe Adventure) is a text adventure loosely based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe for the Commodore 64. It was developed by Alan W. Gardner and Jim Menick and published in Loadstar #004.

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