A Groovy version of the 1973 BASIC-PLUS program TREK.BAS, originally written on a PDP-11 running RSTS/E, with user interaction via a Teletype.
Command: C
Course (1-8.99999): 1
Warp Factor (0-12): 1
Repair systems are working on damage to device.S.R..SENSORS, state improved to -1
Command: S
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STARDATE: 2104 CONDITION: RED
QUADRANT: 7 - 3 SECTOR: 7 - 5
ENERGY: 2960 PHOTON TORPEDOS: 10
KLINGONS: 15
Command:
Currently the simplest way to run the game is via Gradle:
gradlew --console=plain run
Note the use of --console=plain. This is required to prevent Gradle from
overwriting the game's output. Without this option the game would be unplayable.
This is a development release, the game is now fully implemented.
| Command | Status |
|---|---|
| Course | Fully implemented |
| Long range scan | Fully implemented |
| Short range scan | Fully implemented |
| Damage Report | Fully implemented |
| Torpedo firing | Fully implemented |
| Phaser firing | Fully implemented |
| Quit | Fully implemented |
Command: P
Number of units to fire: 100
Phasers locked in on target. Energy available 2960
2019-02-18 17:40:13.544 ERROR PhaserControl ** Code incomplete **
Hit from Klingon at sector [8, 6] == 6 - 8
Command:
My original intention was to document the TREK.BAS code. At some point I started writing it in Groovy and ended up with the code you see today.
This is not a direct port of the original game. My intention was to replicate the game play, not the spaghetti code flow. While documenting the BASIC-PLUS source I uncovered several bugs. These bugs are not present in Trk21, thus it's not possible to exactly reproduce a TREK game in Trk21. If you plug the same random number source into both apps the game will still will rapidly differ, due to a bug in the TREK.BAS ship maneuvering logic.
-- Terry Ebdon, 18-JAN-2019.
