Ladder

                                       V                 $                     
                                                         H                     
                H                                        H                     
       =========H==================================================            
                H                                                              
                H                                                              
                H          H                             H                     
================H==========H==================   ========H=====================
                &          H                             H          |       |  
                                                         H         Easy Street 
                H                                        H                     
       =========H==========H=========  =======================                 
                H                                                              
                H                                                              
                H                                        H                     
======================== ====================== =========H==============       
                                                         H                     
                                                         H                     
*    p                                                   H                    *
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Ladder brings us back to the days of classic computer games. Back when computer games were written without any fancy graphics. Heck, they were written without any graphics at all!

Using only ASCII characters, ladder was an addictive game that was very popular for computers running the CPM operating system. Seeing the game, you might be very much reminded of "Donkey Kong".

Now Ladder has been rewritten in Java and can be played on most of todays computers.


Features:

With the new Ladder, written in Java you can:

Downloading:

Download and install the Java2 Runtime Environment (JRE v1.3 or later) from java.sun.com if you do not already have it installed.

Download the latest version of Ladder (Executable Jar - 86k)

All you need to do is double click the jar file to start Ladder!

Some systems may not support executable jar files correctly. If double clicking on the jar file does not work, try the following command lines:
java -jar Ladder.jar
java -classpath Ladder.jar com.Ostermiller.Ladder.Ladder


Other Resources

You might want to browse the source code, or look at the JavaDoc.


Comments

Send comments directly to the author by email.
Submit a new level to be included in the next release.


Known bugs:

Upcoming Features:


Version History:


Instructions:

You are a lad trapped in a maze. You're mission is to explore the dark corridors never before seen by human eyes and find hidden treasures and riches.

You control the lad by typing the direction buttons and by jumping by typing SPACE. But beware of the falling rocks called Der rocks. You must also find and grasp the treasure (shown as $) BEFORE the bonus time runs out.

A new lad will be awarded for every 10,000 points. Extra points are awarded for touching the gold statues (shown as &). You will receive the bonus time points that are left when you have finished the level.

Remember, there is more than one way to skin a cat. (Chum)

Good luck lad.


Original Authors:

Ladder was originally written for the CPM operating system and the game came bundled with Kaypro computers. It is copyrighted by:

Yahoo Software
10970 Ashton Ave, Suite 312
Los Angeles, CA


License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Ladder
Written in Java by Stephen Ostermiller
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Stephen Ostermiller