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   Message 3,804 of 4,328   
   Robert Bernardo to Tristan Miller   
   Re: SuperTrek 64+ and Tombs of Xeiops   
   15 Aug 22 21:22:54   
   
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   On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 4:38:41 PM UTC-4, Tristan Miller wrote:   
      
   > Next is SuperTrek 64+ by Don Lekei:  This   
   > is a conversion of Star Trek, the classic 1971 strategy game originally   
   > by Mike Mayfield and later popularized and extended by David H. Ahl, Bob   
   > Leedom, and others. I believe Don released the game as freeware in   
   > order to promote Sysres, a programming tool he designed and used to help   
   > convert the game, probably from Bob Leedom's well-known version. Don   
   > developed Sysres while director of engineering at Solidus International   
   > Corporation in North Vancouver, BC. Don's got a LinkedIn profile which   
   > has seen activity as recently as 2013:    
      
        Oh, thanks for the history of the game!   
      
   > SuperTrek was and still is one of my favourite C64 games, no doubt   
   > because it's fairly faithful to the tried-and-tested text-based classic,   
   > yet wisely spruces things up with colour, sound, animation, and a custom   
   > character set. The game does have a few minor bugs, however, ranging   
   > from rampant spelling errors to faulty logic in the phaser firing   
   > mechanism. Perhaps one of these days I'll release a patched version!   
      
        As a Star Trek fan, I'm always interested in these games, and if a   
   patched version came out, that would be great!   
      
             Truly,   
             Robert Bernardo   
             Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm   
             Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http:/   
   www.portcommodore.com/sccan   
             Commodore Los Angeles Super Show - http://www.portcommodore.com/class   
      
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