In this program, you fly a World War II bomber for one of four protagonists of the war. You then pick your target and the type of plane you are flying. Depending upon your flying experience and the quality of the enemy defenders, you then may accomplish your mission, get shot down, or make it back through enemy fire. In any case, you get a chance to fly again.

David Ahi modified the original program which was created by David Sherman while a student at Curtis Jr. High School, Sudbury, Massachusetts.


Vintage Computer Simulator






Vintage Computer Simulator
BombsAway.bas
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Computer: IBM System 360,  Year: 1964
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THE PROGRAM (MICROSOFT BASIC):
8 PRINT "YOU ARE A PILOT IN A WORLD WAR II BOMBER."
10 INPUT "WHAT SIDE -- ITALY(1), ALLIES(2), JAPAN(3), GERMANY(4)";A
20 IF A>0 AND A<5 THEN 25
22 PRINT "TRY AGAIN..." : GOTO 10
25 ON A GOTO 30, 110, 200, 220
30 INPUT "YOUR TARGET -- ALBANIA(1), GREECE(2), NORTH AFRICA(3)";B
40 IF B>0 AND B<4 THEN 45
42 PRINT "TRY AGAIN..." : GOTO 30
45 PRINT : ON B GOTO 50, 80,90
50 PRINT "SHOULD BE EASY -- YOU'RE FLYING A NAZI-MADE PLANE."
60 GOTO 280
80 PRINT "BE CAREFUL!!!" : GOTO 280
90 PRINT "YOU'RE GOING FOR THE OIL, EH?" : GOTO 280
110 INPUT "AIRCRAFT -- LIBERATOR(1), B-29(2), B-17(3), LANCASTER(4)";G
120 IF G>0 AND G<5 THEN 125
122 PRINT "TRY AGAIN..." : GOTO 110
125 PRINT : ON G GOTO 130, 150, 170, 190
130 PRINT "YOU'VE GOT 2 TONS OF BOMBS FLYING FOR PLOESTI." : GOTO 280
150 PRINT "YOU'RE DUMPING THE A-BOMB ON HIROSHIMA." : GOTO 280
170 PRINT "YOU'RE CHASING THE BISMARK IN THE NORTH SEA." : GOTO 280
190 PRINT "YOU'RE BUSTING A GERMAN HEAVY WATER PLANT IN THE RUHR."
195 GOTO 280
200 PRINT "YOU'RE FLYING A KAMIKAZE MISSION OVER THE USS LEXINGTON."
205 INPUT "YOUR FIRST KAMIKAZE MISSION(Y OR N)";F$
207 IF F$="N" THEN S=0 : GOTO 358
210 PRINT : IF RND(1)>.65 THEN 325
215 GOTO 380
220 PRINT "A NAZI, EH?  OH WELL.  ARE YOU GOING FOR RUSSIA(1),"
230 INPUT "ENGLAND(2), OR FRANCE(3)";M : IF M>0 AND M<4 THEN 235
232 PRINT "TRY AGAIN..." : GOTO 220
235 PRINT : ON M GOTO 250, 260, 270
250 PRINT "YOU'RE NEARING STALINGRAD." : GOTO 280
260 PRINT "NEARING LONDON.  BE CAREFUL, THEY'VE GOT RADAR." : GOTO 280
270 PRINT "NEARING VERSAILLES.  DUCK SOUP.  THEY'RE NEARLY DEFENSELESS."
280 PRINT
285 INPUT "HOW MANY MISSIONS HAVE YOU FLOWN";D
290 IF D<160 THEN 300
292 PRINT "MISSIONS, NOT MILES..."
295 PRINT "150 MISSIONS IS HIGH EVEN FOR OLD-TIMERS."
297 PRINT "NOW THEN, "; : GOTO 285
300 PRINT:IF D<100 THEN 310
305 PRINT "THAT'S PUSHING THE ODDS!" : GOTO 320
310 IF D<25 THEN PRINT "FRESH OUT OF TRAINING, EH?"
320 PRINT : IF D<160*RND(1) THEN 330
325 PRINT "DIRECT HIT!!!! "INT(100*RND(1))"KILLED."
327 PRINT "MISSION SUCCESSFUL." : GOTO 390
330 PRINT "MISSED TARGET BY"INT(2+30*RND(1))"MILES!"
335 PRINT "NOW YOU'RE REALLY IN FOR IT !!" : PRINT
340 INPUT "DOES THE ENEMY HAVE GUNS(1), MISSILES(2), OR BOTH(3)";R
345 IF R>0 AND R<4 THEN 350
347 PRINT "TRY AGAIN..." : GOTO 340
350 PRINT : T=0 : IF R=2 THEN 360
355 INPUT "WHAT'S THE PERCENT HIT RATE OF ENEMY GUNNERS (10 TO 50)";S
357 IF S<10 THEN PRINT "YOU LIE, BUT YOU'LL PAY...": GOTO 380
358 PRINT
360 PRINT : IF R>1 THEN T=35
365 IF S+T>100*RND(1) THEN 380
370 PRINT "YOU MADE IT THROUGH TREMENDOUS FLAK!!" : GOTO 390
380 PRINT "* * * * BOOM * * * *"
384 PRINT "YOU HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN....."
386 PRINT "DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO PAY OUR"
387 PRINT "LAST TRIBUTE..."
390 PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:INPUT "ANOTHER MISSION (Y OR N)";U$
395 IF U$="Y" THEN 8
400 PRINT "CHICKEN !!!" : PRINT : END
Vintage Computer Game Simulator - 1.0 Beta
Two Teletype Model 37s link for relay chat at 150 Baud.
1.
IBM System 360 Mainframe Computer History Archives 1964 SLT
BASIC Computer Games, edited by David H. Ahl, published 1978
(also published as 101 BASIC Computer Games)
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References
Ken Ross and Paul Laughton demo the IBM 1401
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