Rockball 9-7-83

This is a late WIP version of Rockball on a self booting disk. You can see how the game was starting to look closer to the final version, but there are still some missing features like music and the high score display. The Neutron Star now behaves the same way it does in the final version and properly warps you to a random location on the screen.

Notice how the disk says 3A in corner? This was part of a version numbering scheme that the programmer used. Each revision was given a letter from A-Z and when he reached the end he started over but added a number in front of the letter. That makes revision 3A the 78th revision to the game! The disk says it's from 9/8 but the internal code shows a date of 9/7.

Prototype Differences

There is no music

There is no sound when selecting one or two players

There is no high score display

There is no rack select

The rockballs move much faster in this version making it much more difficult

The Neutron Star doesn't appear nearly as often as in the final

The fuel gauge does not display during the 'Get Ready Player #' text

The flickering purple line under the word FUEL on the fuel gauge is missing

The rockballs move REALLY fast in this version

The fast moving rockballs make waiting for the safety box to clear take a long long time

No Neutron Star means the game is a little easier

The music is also missing (take my word on that)

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