Dark Horse Tim

This is a Basic 65 game for the MEGA65 platform.

You play the adventurer Dark Horse Tim, running through a deserted warehouse, picking up as many gold bars as possible along the way. You have limited time until the warehouse will collapse and you have to get out. Every time you pick up a gold bar, you get some extra time. But beware of bombs - from a distance, they look just like gold bars, but if you touch them you'll have to disarm them, and this takes valuable time!

As usual, Tim has a gambling debt he has to settle. To do this, he has to pick up at least 100 gold bars, thus earning 10 000 points. If you manage to get at least 10 000 points, you win the game!

The disk image contains:

• An enhanced version, released after the competition
• The original, one-screen version
• A commented version of the one-screen version of the game
• A readme (type me) file (type TYPE "TIM.TYPEME" to show its contents on your MEGA65)

The archive also contains a readme file, and a code explanation file.

This game was a submission for https://itch.io/jam/screenful-of-basic-2025

This game plays best on real hardware, PAL video and 6581 SID, but it should play okay on xemu and on NTSC video.