Hangman - CP/M version

This is a C implementation for CP/M of the classic "hangman" included in "bsdgames" popular package for UNIX.

History

I just wanted to port to C language my library XTerm for Modula-2, and I needed something to do with it. During a funny Facebook thread a friend of mine showed his version of "hangman" using sicilian words, so I decided that "hangman" would be the first project using the C port of XTerm.

Suported platforms

Although it's basically a CP/M project, the C language is portabile, so I wrote source in order to make it compatible with following platforms:

• CP/M-80 (with HI-TECH C Compiler 3.09)
• POSIX (with GCC)
• Amiga (with SAS/C Compiler 6.58)

Using compilers

CP/M-80, HI-TECH C

c -lf hangman.c xterm.c

POSIX, GCC

gcc hangman.c xterm.c

Amiga, SAS/C

sc math=standard hangman.c xterm.c link to hangman

Contents of package

• source - Source code in C
  • xterm.h - XTerm Library: header file (for terminal portability)
  • xterm.c - XTerm Library: implementation module
  • hangman.c - Main module (run this)
  • words.txt - Sample set of words used in the game
• binary - Compiled .COM executable files for CP/M-80
  • hangman.com - Binary executable file for CP/M-80
  • hangman-for-amiga - Binary executable file for Amiga computers
  • words.txt - Sample set of words used in the game
• dists - Collection of CP/M (and Amiga) bootable disk images
  • hangman.d71 - Includes C128 CP/M boot code, all sources and binaries, some utilities
  • hangman.d64 - Includes C128 CP/M boot code, all sources and binaries
  • hangman.adf - Includes Amiga boot code, all sources and binaries
  • hangman.mfloppy - Includes Memotech MTX CP/M boot code and binaries (Memotech type 07 disk image)
  • hangman-msx.dsk - Includes MSX-DOS boot code and binaries (MSX-DOS disk image)
  • hangman-cpc.dsk - Includes CP/M for Amstrad CPC6128 boot code and binaries (CPC CP/M disk image)

Credits

Thanks to Gabriele Asbesto Zaverio for the idea.

Screenshots on Commodore 128

Terminal choosing

Game screen

Screenshots on Amiga

On Amiga OS 1.3

On Amiga OS 3.1

Screenshot on CP/M emulator on Mac OS X