1. Video Games

City Centurian

City Centurian was the second game that Nibble Magazine published of mine. I wrote the game in 1985 while living in Salt Lake City, Utah and submitted it to Nibble. They eventually published the game in 1988, three years later! The reason is because they only publish long game listings in December of the year.

City Centurian was my Defender clone with some twists. I purposefully misspelled Centurion because I wanted to create my own word.....as if the future spelling of Centurion would change the 'a' at the end and be cooler somehow....
Read More
  • Untitled photo
  • What you see when the disk boots up.

    What you see when the disk boots up.

  • The menu screen.....

    The menu screen.....

  • The updated menu screen for City Centurian.

    The updated menu screen for City Centurian.

  • The start of level 1.  Play this thing through several levels and it gets pretty insane but is still really fun!

    The start of level 1. Play this thing through several levels and it gets pretty insane but is still really fun!

  • The start of the listing with the new comment field

    The start of the listing with the new comment field

  • This is the table of contents in the issue

    This is the table of contents in the issue

  • Here's the start of the article (which I wrote).  You can see my address at the bottom and the house still exists.  I really liked it there.

    Here's the start of the article (which I wrote). You can see my address at the bottom and the house still exists. I really liked it there.

  • The article isn't very long but the game listing is!  See if you can stay awake looking at them all...

    The article isn't very long but the game listing is! See if you can stay awake looking at them all...

  • The start of the BASIC part of the game

    The start of the BASIC part of the game

  • At the end of the page is the start of the 6502 Assembly Language listing...

    At the end of the page is the start of the 6502 Assembly Language listing...

  • Untitled photo
  • This listing was fully commented but they chopped them off so they could condense the listing to fewer pages.  It was pretty long for a magazine game.

    This listing was fully commented but they chopped them off so they could condense the listing to fewer pages. It was pretty long for a magazine game.

  • Untitled photo
  • Untitled photo
  • The CC.OBJ was the machine code - just in case you would rather type that instead of typing the Assembly Code and assembling it with something like Merlin, Orca/M, SE-Assembler, Lisa, etc.

    The CC.OBJ was the machine code - just in case you would rather type that instead of typing the Assembly Code and assembling it with something like Merlin, Orca/M, SE-Assembler, Lisa, etc.

  • Untitled photo
  • The bit-mapped shape file and the little program that creates the high scores file.  Another Applied Engineering ad.....they filled magazines back then.

    The bit-mapped shape file and the little program that creates the high scores file. Another Applied Engineering ad.....they filled magazines back then.

  • These were some of my notes on the game while writing it...

    These were some of my notes on the game while writing it...

  • This was the original title screen back when I wrote the game and before I sold it to Nibble.

    This was the original title screen back when I wrote the game and before I sold it to Nibble.

  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2023 SmugMug, Inc.
    The menu screen.....
    The updated menu screen for City Centurian.
    The start of level 1.  Play this thing through several levels and it gets pretty insane but is still really fun!