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Major Mayhem

Major Mayhem was a quick little game I wrote in 1985 while I was living with my Dad in Salt Lake City, Utah. It took me about 2 weeks to polish up and I eventually sent it in to Nibble Magazine and they published it in their December 1987 issue (over 2 years after I wrote it!)
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  • Major Mayhem got the cover of the December 1987 edition!  This was my first cover ever and I was pretty proud of it.

    Major Mayhem got the cover of the December 1987 edition! This was my first cover ever and I was pretty proud of it.

  • The table of contents...but what's more important is....MY GAME SHARES A PAGE WITH MANIAC MANSION!

    The table of contents...but what's more important is....MY GAME SHARES A PAGE WITH MANIAC MANSION!

  • Here's the menu screen in the game.  The little ship comes up the left side and lands at the top which is where your destination is on every level - just avoid the spiders and gather the energy balls to fly outta there!

    Here's the menu screen in the game. The little ship comes up the left side and lands at the top which is where your destination is on every level - just avoid the spiders and gather the energy balls to fly outta there!

  • Nibble Magazine included Major Mayhem in their Best Apple II Programs collection which they published in a book.

    Nibble Magazine included Major Mayhem in their Best Apple II Programs collection which they published in a book.

  • Here's the article I wrote followed by the APPLESOFT BASIC source code then the 6502 Assembler code.

    Here's the article I wrote followed by the APPLESOFT BASIC source code then the 6502 Assembler code.

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    page 2

  • page 3 - BASIC listing

    page 3 - BASIC listing

  • page 4

    page 4

  • page 5 - end of the BASIC listing, the bitmap shapes and the start of the 6502 Assembler listing

    page 5 - end of the BASIC listing, the bitmap shapes and the start of the 6502 Assembler listing

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    page 6

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    Here's the menu screen in the game.  The little ship comes up the left side and lands at the top which is where your destination is on every level - just avoid the spiders and gather the energy balls to fly outta there!
    Nibble Magazine included Major Mayhem in their Best Apple II Programs collection which they published in a book.
    Here's the article I wrote followed by the APPLESOFT BASIC source code then the 6502 Assembler code.