Countdown
' =============================================
' = Countdown =
' = Original program by Mark Chambers =
' = from BASIC Computer Games Vol. II =
' = TRS-80 Edition - page 46 =
' = Creative Computing Morristown, New Jersey =
' =============================================
' FreeBasic version by Harmon V.
' Public Domain
Dim As Integer A, N, T, X, game
Dim AS String YesNo, Message
Screen 12
Do
Cls
Color 14, 0
Print : Print
Print Tab(30); "C O U N T D O W N"
Print
Print
print
Color 15, 0
print tab(10); : input "Hit <Enter> to start";YesNo
A = int(10*rnd(1))
N = 0 : T = 0
print
print "You have activated the self-destruct sequence"
print "in this school. If you wish, you may stop the"
print "countdown. To do so, just type in the correct"
print "number, which will stop the countdown."
print "The number is from 0 to 9."
print
print "Please Hurry! There is no time to waste!!!!"
game=0
while game=0
print : input "What'll it be? "; X
if T=4 then game =-1 : exit while
if X=A then game = 1 : exit while
if X<A then print "Too small !!!! ";
if X>A then print "Too big !!!! ";
print "Your number does not compute."
T = T + 1
print "Please try again !!!"
if T=2 then print "Time grows short, please hurry !!!!"
if T=3 then
print "Hurry, the Count-down is approaching zero !!!!!"
end if
wend
print
if game<0 then
print ,"\\\\\|/////"
print ,"> B-O-O-M <"
print ,"/////|\\\\\"
print
print " You died a hero's death."
print "Your funeral was well-attended."
else
print ,"Correct!!!!!"
print ,"The countdown has stopped."
print ,"You have saved the school !!"
print
print " *** Congratulations ***"
print "(Have you seen your shrink lately?)"
end if
Print : Print "Do you want to play again? ";
Do : YesNo = Inkey$ : Loop Until YesNo<>""
Loop While Ucase(YesNo)="Y"
END