HP-85 Games Pac

Description

HP-85 Games Pac is a compilation of 19 programs on tape with accompanying documentation:

  • Blackjack - A typical implementation of the casino card game for one or more players.
  • Slot Machine - A one armed bandit simulation for one player.
  • Poker Solitaire - A poker variant that's played against the computer where each hand is worth points.
  • Reversi - A computer implementation of the board game in which players try to conquer as much of the board as possible by converting enclosed pieces.
  • Gomoku - An implementation of the Japanese "five in a row" game.
  • Cribbage - A computer implementation of the card game with a unique scoring board.
  • Wari - An old African game in which beads are redistributed between bins.
  • Sea Skirmish - A timing game in which one player controls a plane and must sink a ship and the other tries to shoot down the plane.
  • Blockade - A light cycle game in which players must try to enclose each other.
  • Race Track - A turn-based racing game played on a single-screen randomly generated track. Players input their acceleration and steering direction.
  • Lander - A planet/moon landing simulation.
  • Race - A real-time racing game.
  • Hangman - A word guessing game.
  • Hunt the Wumpus - The player goes hunting for the Wumpus in a grid of 20 randomized rooms. The player must shoot the Wumpus without going into the same room.
  • King - An economic simulation in which the player must plant, harvest and feed the population. As well as fight pollution and build industry.
  • Nim - A simple game played against the computer where the object is to be the last to be able to take an object from a collection of piles.
  • Maze Generator - Not a computer game, but generates a maze that can be printed and solved on paper.
  • Game of Life - A simulation of Conway's Game of Life.
  • Birthday Plot - Not a game, but a random computer art generator.

Game Info

Platforms
HP Series 801980

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